Putting Up Numbers· college football

Colorado State’s penalty yards with Hauss Hejny and without Hauss Hejny

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Colorado State was 19.2 yards under with Hauss Hejny and 6.8 yards under without Hauss Hejny over its last 25 games, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 29.0 and 45.8, a difference of 16.8.

Hauss Hejny, quarterback: 1,138 passing yards, 134 pass attempts and 90 completions in 5 of those 25 games.

penalty yards a game over expected

A −12.4 difference in penalty yards over expected with Hauss Hejny vs without Hauss Hejny is about what you’d expect.

A −16.8 difference in penalty yards with Hauss Hejny vs without Hauss Hejny is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Colorado State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Hauss Hejny or without Hauss Hejny
SideDateGameResultpenalty yardsExpected
Nov 2, 2024@NevadaW4054.2
Nov 15, 2024vsWyomingW2954.2
Nov 23, 2024@Fresno StateL8154.5
Nov 29, 2024vsUtah StateW9348.5
Dec 28, 2024vsMiami (OH) (neutral)L5548.4
Aug 30, 2025@WashingtonL2048.5
Sep 6, 2025vsNorthern ColoradoW94—
Sep 20, 2025vsUTSAL11544.6
Sep 27, 2025vsWashington StateL6051.7
Oct 3, 2025@San Diego StateL552.5
Oct 10, 2025vsFresno StateW9549.9
Oct 18, 2025vsHawaiiL5155.3
Oct 25, 2025@WyomingL6956.1
Nov 8, 2025vsUNLVL3555.9
Nov 15, 2025@New MexicoL4058.6
Nov 22, 2025@Boise StateL8056.7
Nov 28, 2025vsAir ForceL1150.0
Sep 5, 2026vsWyomingW3652.8
Sep 12, 2026vsSSouthern UtahW20—
Sep 19, 2026vsBYUL2547.9
Sep 26, 2026@UTSAL6155.8
Oct 3, 2026vsOregon StateL2055.9
Oct 15, 2026@Texas StateL7750.6
Oct 24, 2026vsSan Diego StateW2548.1
Oct 31, 2026@Utah StateL3552.5

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, minus 1.3 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 27% 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.
  • Southern Utah 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 Hauss Hejny nor without Hauss Hejny: Hauss Hejny had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.