Looking back at Ryan Day and "The Game", especially in years where he did not have a dual threat at QB, ie 22, 21 and 18, Day in those games has effectively abandoned the run game in each game

Here is the percent of plays that were runs each year since 2012 not counting the 3 above

19 - 65%

17 - 76%

16 - 61% - double OT game requiring a late comeback

15 - 78%

14 - 62%

13 - 75%

12 - 74%

Now look at the 3 years Day ran the offense and a QB run was not a threat

22 - 48%

21 - 38%

18 - 54%

So the lowest total in the dual threat era was 2016 at 61% in a game we needed to come back in. We still ran the ball 50 times that day

And the highest when we have not had a dual threat is 54% in a game we blew them out and just ran clock late

In the 3 games without a dual threat QB we averaged 3.8 YPC.

In games with a dual threat we averaged 5.6 YPC

We out rushed UM every game prior to the last 2 often by more than 100 yards except 1,,, 2018 with Haskins when we out rushed them by only 10

Last year we got out rushed 297-64 and this year 252 to 143

Starting to see a pattern, Days offense without a Dual threat QB struggles to run the ball against UM (and in general) and often abandons the run entirely due to either preference in play calling or due to falling behind.

If not fixed, the game is at risk every year as the team that has rushed for more yards has won the last 22 in a row...

The last year a team won The Game and got out rushed was 2000 under Cooper when OSU ran for 149 vs UM's 88 but lost 38-26 due primarily to Bellisari throwing 3 INTs leading to 17 UM points in a game where OSU out gained UM in total only to lose by 12, if your recall the last of those 3 INTs was a pick 6 to drop OSU behind 31-12 after being down only 14-12 at the half and simply was unable to make up the deficit.