You should know football better than that.
Rushing yards does not prove that a team can pound the ball between the tackles as a lot of those rushing yards in the spread offense are because of the pass.
How the run used to open up the pass in the wishbone the pass now opens up the run in the spread.

But for TCU's benefit they did show quite a few times in that game to be able to control the line of scrimmage

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Posted by PantherCity

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Posted on 9/12/17 at 1:24 am to Not Afraid of Bama

Except, of course, that TCU had more rushing attempts than Bama did. And their run-to-pass percentage is roughly the same.

Granted, Alabama was more effective at running the ball against Fresno than we did against Arkansas. And Alabama is the premiere program in America, and we're just a team that plays hard-nosed football.

But I can see the influence.

Conditioning wise, Ole Miss absolutely wilted against us in the Peach Bowl. Arkansas struggled, as well.

The strength program at TCU is outstanding. Not Bama outstanding, but it's pretty damn good.

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Posted by CharlotteSooner

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Posted on 9/12/17 at 10:52 am to Not Afraid of Bama

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Rushing yards does not prove that a team can pound the ball between the tackles as a lot of those rushing yards in the spread offense are because of the pass.