I know that everyone thinks the NFL is coming to college football and it's a passing world these days, but all of the past national champions from the past 10 years could run the ball. In fact, most have a pretty damn good balance. Having a great QB is important, and if all you can do is run, you'll have problems as well.
But if you think this is what is championship football looks like, I don't know what to tell you, other than the fact you haven't been watching championship football.
46 yards rushing on 14 attempts
275 yards passing on 47 attempts
Here is the box from the title game last year:
135 yards rushing on 31 attempts
347 yards passing on 32 attempts
148 yards rushing on 37 attempts
295 yards passing on 36 attempts
Here it is from the previous championship.
184 yards rushing on 39 attempts
187 yards passing on 32 attempts
133 yards rushing on 45 attempts
232 yards passing on 32 attempts
I'll let you in on a secret, if you keep going back, you keep seeing the same balance. Championship teams need to be able to run the ball. Period. That doesn't mean we need to run the wishbone, but what we're doing isn't working, at all. Wisconsin, like a lot of the championship caliber teams, can both run and pass when needed.
Of finesse and slow developing plays. ND had two high first round draft picks on the left side in 2017 and they were equally pathetic versus Georgia running the ball as they were on Saturday.