Putting Up Numbers· college football

Bowling Green’s total yards with Austyn Dendy and without Austyn Dendy

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Bowling Green was 53.3 yards under with Austyn Dendy and 25.7 yards over without Austyn Dendy over its last 25 games, 11 games against 7. The plain averages are 296.9 and 306.8, a difference of 9.8. Expected was 50.2 yards higher with Austyn Dendy than without Austyn Dendy.

Austyn Dendy, running back: 864 rushing yards, 212 carries and 9 receptions in 13 of those 25 games.

total yards a game over expected

A −78.9 difference in total yards over expected with Austyn Dendy vs without Austyn Dendy is about what you’d expect.

A −9.8 difference in total yards with Austyn Dendy vs without Austyn Dendy is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Bowling Green’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Austyn Dendy or without Austyn Dendy
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 12, 2024vsWestern MichiganW404424.6
Nov 23, 2024@Ball StateW365451.4
Nov 29, 2024vsMiami (OH)L261348.8
Dec 26, 2024vsArkansas State (neutral)L479421.6
Aug 28, 2025vsLafayetteW268—
Sep 6, 2025@CincinnatiL372294.9
Sep 13, 2025vsLibertyW310330.9
Sep 20, 2025@LouisvilleL321207.6
Sep 27, 2025@OhioL350285.6
Oct 11, 2025vsToledoW249266.9
Oct 18, 2025vsCentral MichiganL310328.4
Oct 25, 2025@Kent StateL379368.6
Nov 1, 2025vsBuffaloL217362.9
Nov 8, 2025@Eastern MichiganL259378.7
Nov 18, 2025vsAkronL273392.6
Nov 25, 2025@UMassW408376.9
Sep 5, 2026vsTTarleton StateL386—
Sep 12, 2026@NebraskaL169242.9
Sep 19, 2026@Iowa StateL188291.0
Sep 26, 2026vsSouth FloridaL207300.1
Oct 3, 2026@Miami (OH)W365304.4
Oct 10, 2026vsSSacramento StateW355—
Oct 17, 2026vsBall StateL313357.9
Oct 24, 2026@BuffaloL341329.2
Oct 31, 2026@Western MichiganL274292.2

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 7.7 in 2025, plus 12.1 in 2026 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 79% in 2025, 67% in 2026 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.
  • Lafayette, Tarleton State, Sacramento State have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 4 games in 2024 are neither with Austyn Dendy nor without Austyn Dendy: Austyn Dendy had no game for the team that season, and sit out.