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So when JT gets hurt it comes out later that "he's been dealing with a meniscus issue"

1) if that's true (which I don't know if it is), isn't this borderline criminal of Urban to continue to pound a guy with a bad knee?

2) second, if that's true, why the eff do you not utilize your effing running backs! Yet another big game where Urban pounds his qb vs using his best players! First half, Mike Weber 1 carry. Dobbins 6 I think.

JT 15 carries before he's hurt. Wtf is urban doing?

So if I have this right now, I guess 2007 was Lincoln? 2006 was Austin and the first one in 2005 was Madison. 2008 Nashville, 2009 Columbia, 2010 back in Madison. 2011 Fayetteville, 2012 Atlanta and 2013 Knoxville. Then crickets.

There needs to be a new startup on these things.

@eltigrerex  @GopherRock

Wake up and chime in here. It's been too long.

Wow.  So weird how differently we saw that game.  
MIchigan's yards per carry was like 2.7 YPC.  They got put in 3rd and long almost every possession, which is why they couldn't keep running. It was not working at all.
Also, while  one worst of the season at about 4.5 per carry, OSU running game was quite effective, especially after they figured out that UM Was breaking there defensive tendencies in a big way, playing Tampa 2 instead of man to man. In fact, many plays that UM blew up in the first Q worked extremely well when OSU ran them later with a few tweaks.   They were very innovative, especially some of the motions, like the one with Paris Cambpell they hadn't done all year ( where does a full half moon behind the QB), which caused UM to shift from their " over" set, to the boundary side- thus freeing up one one blocking on the wide side.  BUckeyes got many great runs by both Dobbins and Barrett from that.
The thing nobody talks about is that OSU took over in Q2, and Michigan could not stop them.  After two straight easy scoring possessions they were well on their way to a third until they self inflicted with a high snap over Barrett's head.  
Also, the one drive UM did stop while Haskins was in, on 3rd and 1, was a horribly obvious misread on the zone read.  MIchigan completely sold out on Weber- both defensive ends crashing straight down on the snap. Had Haskins made the easy, proper read, he could have literally walked around the end for 5-7 yards.
Here is some great film :  

https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-state-football/film-study/2017/11/88565/film-study-how-ohio-state-made-came-back-to-handle-a-very-good-michigan-defense

This.  O'Korn had 8 carries for -35 yards (-4.4 ypc); the fullbacks had 6 carries for 13 yards (2.2 ypc); the tailbacks had 22 carries for 122 yards (5.5 ypc), but two long carries (22 and 24 yards) accounted for over 1/3 of their total yards, with only 3.8 ypc on their other 20 carries.

So to say OSU shut them down is misleading, but the total Evans/Higdon ypc is also a touch misleading too.  But wither way, they were running effectively enough, in what was a one score game until the final possession, that I agree they should have had more carries.  It's not like OSU was selling out against the run.

Here's a solid statistical look at it.

Michigan's run gam was pretty efficient, deeply unexplosive. Michigan, got ahead of the chains on 45 percent of their carries. The average nationally is 41, and for OSU is far lower. But after that, they didn't get much. OSU was a hair less efficient, a god bit more explosive.

Evans was more efficient than Higdon, but less explosive.

Barrett was also absurdly efficient, but that's just kind of his thing.