Putting Up Numbers· college football

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

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Boise State was 2.6 points over with Juelz Goff and 4.9 points over without Juelz Goff in 2026, 5 games against 2. The plain averages are 36.8 and 34.3, a difference of 2.5. Expected was 6.6 points higher with Juelz Goff than without Juelz Goff.

Juelz Goff, running back: 64 rushing yards and 20 carries in 5 games this season.

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 a game over expected

A −2.3 difference in points over expected with Juelz Goff vs without Juelz Goff is about what you’d expect.

A +2.5 difference in points with Juelz Goff vs without Juelz Goff is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Boise State’s games, 2026, each marked with Juelz Goff or without Juelz Goff
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Sep 5, 2026@OregonL2725.5
Sep 12, 2026vsMemphisW3836.8
Sep 19, 2026vsSSouth DakotaW38—
Sep 26, 2026@Western MichiganW3232.0
Oct 3, 2026vsUtah StateW3727.5
Oct 10, 2026@Fresno StateW3829.7
Oct 24, 2026@Washington StateW3136.0
Oct 31, 2026vsTexas StateW4638.7

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, plus 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.