Putting Up Numbers· college football

Boise State’s pass attempts with Juelz Goff and without Juelz Goff

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Boise State was 2.0 pass attempts under with Juelz Goff and 3.3 pass attempts over without Juelz Goff over its last 25 games, 5 games against 2. The plain averages are 28.2 and 31.3, a difference of 3.1.

Juelz Goff, running back: 64 rushing yards and 20 carries in 5 of those 25 games.

3 games without Juelz Goff 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 −5.3 difference in pass attempts over expected with Juelz Goff vs without Juelz Goff is about what you’d expect.

A −3.1 difference in pass attempts with Juelz Goff vs without Juelz Goff is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Juelz Goffwithout Juelz Goff
Boise State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Juelz Goff or without Juelz Goff
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 29, 2024vsOregon StateW3325.0
Dec 6, 2024vsUNLVW2732.9
Dec 31, 2024vsPenn State (neutral)L3527.6
Aug 28, 2025@South FloridaL4835.9
Sep 5, 2025vsEEastern WashingtonW29—
Sep 20, 2025@Air ForceW2731.9
Sep 27, 2025vsAppalachian StateW3834.1
Oct 4, 2025@Notre DameL3735.4
Oct 11, 2025vsNew MexicoW3232.7
Oct 18, 2025vsUNLVW2433.3
Oct 24, 2025@NevadaW2831.6
Nov 1, 2025vsFresno StateL3329.1
Nov 15, 2025@San Diego StateL1834.9
Nov 22, 2025vsColorado StateW3529.3
Nov 28, 2025@Utah StateW4936.3
Dec 5, 2025vsUNLVW3132.4
Dec 13, 2025vsWashington (neutral)L4334.1
Sep 5, 2026@OregonL2927.2
Sep 12, 2026vsMemphisW2826.6
Sep 19, 2026vsSSouth DakotaW31—
Sep 26, 2026@Western MichiganW2331.0
Oct 3, 2026vsUtah StateW2132.7
Oct 10, 2026@Fresno StateW3429.3
Oct 24, 2026@Washington StateW2328.1
Oct 31, 2026vsTexas StateW4632.6

Method

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  • 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 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.
  • South Dakota 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 7 of these 8 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Juelz Goff nor without Juelz Goff: Juelz Goff had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.