Putting Up Numbers· college football

Central Michigan’s total yards with Angel Flores and without Angel Flores

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Central Michigan was 34.3 yards over with Angel Flores and 109.9 yards under without Angel Flores in 2026, 4 games against 3. The plain averages are 348.8 and 198.7, a difference of 150.1. Both night games were without Angel Flores.

Angel Flores, quarterback: 475 passing yards, 92 pass attempts and 54 completions in 7 games this season.

3 games without Angel Flores is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

total yards a game over expected

A +144.2 difference in total yards over expected with Angel Flores vs without Angel Flores is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Angel Flores and it comes up 6 times in 100.

A +150.1 difference in total yards with Angel Flores vs without Angel Flores is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Angel Flores and it comes up 14 times in 100.

The games

with Angel Floreswithout Angel Flores
Central Michigan’s games, 2026, each marked with Angel Flores or without Angel Flores
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Sep 5, 2026@New MexicoL149275.7
Sep 12, 2026vsColgateW277—
Sep 19, 2026vsWyomingW372310.6
Sep 26, 2026@Miami (FL)L162279.0
Oct 3, 2026vsAkronW482372.2
Oct 10, 2026@OhioL276327.0
Oct 17, 2026vsWestern MichiganL337319.9
Oct 24, 2026vsMiami (OH)L285370.8

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 12.1 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 67% 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.
  • Colgate 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, which name every player who entered the game.
  • With him means he was the team’s quarterback that game, at least half of its pass attempts; a game he left early or came into late reads as without him.