No one seriously expected Alabama’s offense to have much trouble scoring and scoring often against Ohio State, and that certainly turned out to be the case. There was a little question over how Alabama’s interior offensive line would hold up; but, especially with the Buckeyes’ defensive line ravaged by COVID-19 protocols, that wasn’t going to be a huge impediment.
The bigger question was how many stops the Alabama defense could get against one of the nation’s best offenses, even with a less than 100% Justin Fields. And the defense had a resounding answer: on 11 drives (excluding the kneel down before half), Alabama kept Ohio State out of the endzone on 8 of them.