Putting Up Numbers· college football

Boise State’s penalty yards with Rasean Jones and without Rasean Jones

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Boise State was 5.9 yards under with Rasean Jones and 31.9 yards over without Rasean Jones over its last 25 games, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 49.4 and 83.0, a difference of 33.6. All 4 home games were with Rasean Jones. All 5 day games were with Rasean Jones. All 4 games while unranked were with Rasean Jones.

Rasean Jones, receiver: 545 receiving yards, 37 receptions and 4 receiving touchdowns in 7 of those 25 games.

One game without Rasean Jones is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

penalty yards a game over expected

The games

with Rasean Joneswithout Rasean Jones
Boise State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Rasean Jones or without Rasean Jones
SideDateGameResultpenalty yardsExpected
Nov 29, 2024vsOregon StateW3048.3
Dec 6, 2024vsUNLVW1052.5
Dec 31, 2024vsPenn State (neutral)L9035.8
Aug 28, 2025@South FloridaL5763.4
Sep 5, 2025vsEEastern WashingtonW55—
Sep 20, 2025@Air ForceW10747.9
Sep 27, 2025vsAppalachian StateW5550.8
Oct 4, 2025@Notre DameL11249.2
Oct 11, 2025vsNew MexicoW5060.0
Oct 18, 2025vsUNLVW3760.0
Oct 24, 2025@NevadaW1062.1
Nov 1, 2025vsFresno StateL9455.0
Nov 15, 2025@San Diego StateL4553.5
Nov 22, 2025vsColorado StateW9553.3
Nov 28, 2025@Utah StateW6557.9
Dec 5, 2025vsUNLVW2061.3
Dec 13, 2025vsWashington (neutral)L3051.0
Sep 5, 2026@OregonL2552.7
Sep 12, 2026vsMemphisW8752.9
Sep 19, 2026vsSSouth DakotaW39—
Sep 26, 2026@Western MichiganW5859.4
Oct 3, 2026vsUtah StateW2558.6
Oct 10, 2026@Fresno StateW8351.1
Oct 24, 2026@Washington StateW7259.4
Oct 31, 2026vsTexas StateW4059.3

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 1.4 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 27% of the difference the model predicts.
  • 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 Rasean Jones nor without Rasean Jones: Rasean Jones had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.