Putting Up Numbers· college football

Boise State’s points allowed with Juelz Goff and without Juelz Goff

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Boise State was 3.9 points under with Juelz Goff and 6.8 points over without Juelz Goff over its last 25 games, 5 games against 2. The plain averages are 20.0 and 29.7, a difference of 9.7.

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.

points allowed a game over expected

A −10.7 difference in points allowed over expected with Juelz Goff vs without Juelz Goff is about what you’d expect.

A −9.7 difference in points allowed with Juelz Goff vs without Juelz Goff is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Boise State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Juelz Goff or without Juelz Goff
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Nov 29, 2024vsOregon StateW1819.6
Dec 6, 2024vsUNLVW729.2
Dec 31, 2024vsPenn State (neutral)L3132.5
Aug 28, 2025@South FloridaL3434.2
Sep 5, 2025vsEEastern WashingtonW14—
Sep 20, 2025@Air ForceW3723.4
Sep 27, 2025vsAppalachian StateW1417.4
Oct 4, 2025@Notre DameL2841.5
Oct 11, 2025vsNew MexicoW2520.9
Oct 18, 2025vsUNLVW3126.3
Oct 24, 2025@NevadaW319.8
Nov 1, 2025vsFresno StateL3016.4
Nov 15, 2025@San Diego StateL1724.0
Nov 22, 2025vsColorado StateW2116.5
Nov 28, 2025@Utah StateW2427.5
Dec 5, 2025vsUNLVW2127.6
Dec 13, 2025vsWashington (neutral)L3831.0
Sep 5, 2026@OregonL3427.8
Sep 12, 2026vsMemphisW2031.2
Sep 19, 2026vsSSouth DakotaW24—
Sep 26, 2026@Western MichiganW724.9
Oct 3, 2026vsUtah StateW1815.1
Oct 10, 2026@Fresno StateW3123.6
Oct 24, 2026@Washington StateW1023.6
Oct 31, 2026vsTexas StateW4524.7

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 1.9 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 66% 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.