So Boulware knew the plays. What does that have to do with a passing QB? That's on the coaches to make the adjustments.I guess "the people" didn't see that it had gotten to the point where Boulware (#10) was calling out what play we were going to run and moving Clemson's defensive players to the spot it was going to be run.
It's not as simple as that. Until Bo's injury, Bama was running fairly well. When he got injured, the run game went away instead of trying Harris and Jacobs more. By not trying, we don't even know what the success would have been.The notion that running one more running play (or even three more, four more etc) in the latter parts of the 3rd quarter compared to a passing play would have exhausted that one second left on the clock and we would have won is flawed logic.
And it's not solely about milking the clock so the last second isn't there for the last play. It would have given the defense more rest, which would have been pretty vital after facing 45 plays in the first half.