Putting Up Numbers· college football

Arizona State’s pass attempts with Cutter Boley and since Cutter Boley’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Arizona State was 0.9 pass attempts over with Cutter Boley and 3.7 pass attempts over since Cutter Boley’s last game over its last 25 games, 4 games against 3. The plain averages are 33.6 and 39.0, a difference of 5.4. All 3 night games were with Cutter Boley. All 3 nonconference games were with Cutter Boley.

Cutter Boley, quarterback: 1,360 passing yards, 173 pass attempts and 105 completions in 7 of those 25 games, 71% of Arizona State’s pass attempts in those games.

3 games since Cutter Boley’s last game is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

pass attempts a game over expected

A −2.8 difference in pass attempts over expected with Cutter Boley vs since Cutter Boley’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A −5.4 difference in pass attempts with Cutter Boley vs since Cutter Boley’s last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Cutter Boleysince Cutter Boley’s last game
Arizona State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Cutter Boley or since Cutter Boley’s last game
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 23, 2024vsBYUW2528.4
Nov 30, 2024@ArizonaW2528.1
Dec 7, 2024vsIowa State (neutral)W1826.6
Jan 1, 2025vsTexas (neutral)L4827.4
Aug 30, 2025vsNorthern ArizonaW39—
Sep 6, 2025@Mississippi StateL2234.7
Sep 13, 2025vsTexas StateW2534.3
Sep 20, 2025@BaylorW3229.6
Sep 26, 2025vsTCUW3932.3
Oct 11, 2025@UtahL3829.9
Oct 18, 2025vsTexas TechW4733.6
Oct 25, 2025vsHoustonL4628.6
Nov 1, 2025@Iowa StateW2434.8
Nov 15, 2025vsWest VirginiaW2834.5
Nov 22, 2025@ColoradoW2628.8
Nov 28, 2025vsArizonaL2530.9
Dec 31, 2025vsDuke (neutral)L3832.8
Sep 5, 2026vsMMorgan StateW36—
Sep 12, 2026@Texas A&ML3428.7
Sep 19, 2026vsKansas (neutral)W2331.4
Oct 3, 2026vsBaylorL4437.3
Oct 10, 2026vsHawaiiW3130.9
Oct 17, 2026@Texas TechL4439.6
Oct 24, 2026vsKansas StateW3129.4
Oct 31, 2026@BYUL4237.1

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 0.1 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 60% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • Morgan State has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 5 of these 8 games; in the other 3 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Cutter Boley nor since Cutter Boley’s last game: Cutter Boley had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.