Putting Up Numbers· college football

Boise State’s points with Rasean Jones and without Rasean Jones

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Boise State was 2.4 points over with Rasean Jones and 8.2 points over without Rasean Jones over its last 25 games, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 35.6 and 38.0, a difference of 2.4. Expected was 3.0 points higher with Rasean Jones than without Rasean Jones. 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.

points 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
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Nov 29, 2024vsOregon StateW3439.6
Dec 6, 2024vsUNLVW2132.3
Dec 31, 2024vsPenn State (neutral)L1422.9
Aug 28, 2025@South FloridaL727.1
Sep 5, 2025vsEEastern WashingtonW51—
Sep 20, 2025@Air ForceW4929.8
Sep 27, 2025vsAppalachian StateW4734.6
Oct 4, 2025@Notre DameL717.6
Oct 11, 2025vsNew MexicoW4124.7
Oct 18, 2025vsUNLVW5629.8
Oct 24, 2025@NevadaW2430.6
Nov 1, 2025vsFresno StateL729.4
Nov 15, 2025@San Diego StateL723.0
Nov 22, 2025vsColorado StateW4931.3
Nov 28, 2025@Utah StateW2530.1
Dec 5, 2025vsUNLVW3832.2
Dec 13, 2025vsWashington (neutral)L1021.3
Sep 5, 2026@OregonL2725.6
Sep 12, 2026vsMemphisW3836.9
Sep 19, 2026vsSSouth DakotaW38—
Sep 26, 2026@Western MichiganW3231.9
Oct 3, 2026vsUtah StateW3727.5
Oct 10, 2026@Fresno StateW3829.8
Oct 24, 2026@Washington StateW3136.1
Oct 31, 2026vsTexas StateW4638.7

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, plus 1.8 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.
  • 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.