Putting Up Numbers· college football

Charlotte’s pass attempts with Cole Gonzales and since Cole Gonzales’ last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Charlotte was 2.8 pass attempts under with Cole Gonzales and 1.8 pass attempts over since Cole Gonzales’ last game over its last 25 games, 4 games against 3. The plain averages are 30.0 and 30.0, a difference of 0.0. Expected was 1.9 pass attempts higher with Cole Gonzales than since Cole Gonzales’ last game. All 4 nonconference games were with Cole Gonzales.

Cole Gonzales, quarterback: 802 passing yards, 127 pass attempts and 79 completions in 5 of those 25 games, 85% of Charlotte’s pass attempts in those games.

3 games since Cole Gonzales’ last game is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

pass attempts a game over expected

A −4.6 difference in pass attempts over expected with Cole Gonzales vs since Cole Gonzales’ last game is about what you’d expect.

A 0.0 difference in pass attempts with Cole Gonzales vs since Cole Gonzales’ last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Cole Gonzalessince Cole Gonzales’ last game
Charlotte’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Cole Gonzales or since Cole Gonzales’ last game
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Oct 26, 2024@MemphisL2232.5
Oct 31, 2024vsTulaneL2227.8
Nov 16, 2024vsSouth FloridaL3930.6
Nov 23, 2024@Florida AtlanticW3028.5
Nov 30, 2024vsUABW2627.1
Aug 29, 2025vsAppalachian State (neutral)L2534.4
Sep 6, 2025vsNorth CarolinaL4128.6
Sep 13, 2025vsMMonmouthW30—
Sep 18, 2025vsRiceL4425.7
Oct 3, 2025@South FloridaL2936.7
Oct 11, 2025@ArmyL2628.5
Oct 18, 2025vsTempleL2928.8
Oct 24, 2025vsNorth TexasL3631.5
Nov 8, 2025@East CarolinaL3633.6
Nov 15, 2025vsUTSAL2831.5
Nov 22, 2025@GeorgiaL2733.2
Nov 29, 2025@TulaneL2833.5
Sep 5, 2026vsThe CitadelL41—
Sep 12, 2026@Ole MissL2830.4
Sep 19, 2026@Appalachian StateL3530.3
Sep 26, 2026vsLouisianaL3029.1
Oct 3, 2026vsMemphisL1630.3
Oct 10, 2026@North TexasL2329.2
Oct 17, 2026@TempleW3129.7
Oct 30, 2026vsTulaneL3625.6

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, minus 0.1 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 60% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • The Citadel 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.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Cole Gonzales nor since Cole Gonzales’ last game: Cole Gonzales had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.