Putting Up Numbers· college football

Central Michigan’s yards a carry with Angel Flores and without Angel Flores

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Central Michigan averaged 4.81 yards a carry with Angel Flores and 3.65 without Angel Flores over its last 25 games, 6 games against 15, a difference of 1.16. All 3 night games were without Angel Flores. All 3 games after a bye were without Angel Flores.

Angel Flores, quarterback: 670 passing yards, 120 pass attempts and 73 completions in 16 of those 25 games.

yards a carry a game

A +1.16 difference in yards a carry with Angel Flores vs without Angel Flores is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Angel Flores and it comes up 8 times in 100.

The games

with Angel Floreswithout Angel Flores
Central Michigan’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Angel Flores or without Angel Flores
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Nov 5, 2024vsBowling GreenL4.92—
Nov 12, 2024@ToledoL2.32—
Nov 19, 2024vsWestern MichiganW3.87—
Nov 30, 2024@Northern IllinoisL3.61—
Aug 29, 2025@San Jose StateW4.94—
Sep 6, 2025@PittsburghL1.28—
Sep 13, 2025@MichiganL2.65—
Sep 20, 2025vsWWagnerW4.98—
Sep 27, 2025vsEastern MichiganW6.48—
Oct 4, 2025@AkronL5.95—
Oct 18, 2025@Bowling GreenW4.41—
Oct 25, 2025vsUMassW5.26—
Nov 1, 2025@Western MichiganL1.73—
Nov 12, 2025vsBuffaloW3.71—
Nov 19, 2025@Kent StateW4.19—
Nov 29, 2025vsToledoL2.25—
Dec 26, 2025vsNorthwestern (neutral)L2.68—
Sep 5, 2026@New MexicoL3.72—
Sep 12, 2026vsColgateW4.90—
Sep 19, 2026vsWyomingW5.86—
Sep 26, 2026@Miami (FL)L1.04—
Oct 3, 2026vsAkronW7.57—
Oct 10, 2026@OhioL3.94—
Oct 17, 2026vsWestern MichiganL3.95—
Oct 24, 2026vsMiami (OH)L2.21—

Method

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 4 games in 2024 are neither with Angel Flores nor without Angel Flores: Angel Flores had no game for the team that season, and sit out.