Putting Up Numbers· college football

Braden Atkinson’s passing yards at home and away

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Against his share of what his opponents usually allowed quarterbacks, Braden Atkinson was 133.0 yards over at home and 142.3 yards over away in 2026, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 375.5 and 363.5, a difference of 12.0. Expected was 35.5 yards higher at home than away.

passing yards a game over expected

A −9.3 difference in passing yards over expected at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

A +12.0 difference in passing yards at home vs away is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Braden Atkinson’s games, 2026, each marked at home or away
SideDateGameResultpassing yardsExpected
Sep 5, 2026@HoustonL376246.8
Sep 12, 2026vsTexas TechL413296.0
Sep 19, 2026vsMontanaW333—
Sep 26, 2026@UTEPW301194.9
Oct 3, 2026@Colorado StateW404230.8
Oct 10, 2026vsSan Diego StateW409266.7
Oct 17, 2026vsWashington StateW347207.3
Oct 31, 2026@Fresno StateL373212.1

Method

  • Expected is what the opponent allowed quarterbacks in its other 2026 games, plus 9.3 for the home team (half the league’s home edge for quarterbacks that season), nothing at a neutral site, scaled to his share of his team’s quarterbacks’ passing yards in his games, 97%.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 102% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
  • Montana has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.