Putting Up Numbers· college football

Colorado State’s points with K'saan Farrar and without K'saan Farrar

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Colorado State was 0.3 points under with K'saan Farrar and 5.4 points over without K'saan Farrar over its last 25 games, 4 games against 3. The plain averages are 30.3 and 40.8, a difference of 10.5.

K'saan Farrar, quarterback: 943 passing yards, 143 pass attempts and 89 completions in 5 of those 25 games.

points a game over expected

A −5.8 difference in points over expected with K'saan Farrar vs without K'saan Farrar is about what you’d expect.

A −10.5 difference in points with K'saan Farrar vs without K'saan Farrar is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Colorado State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with K'saan Farrar or without K'saan Farrar
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Nov 2, 2024@NevadaW3821.9
Nov 15, 2024vsWyomingW2424.3
Nov 23, 2024@Fresno StateL2221.1
Nov 29, 2024vsUtah StateW4233.6
Dec 28, 2024vsMiami (OH) (neutral)L1718.6
Aug 30, 2025@WashingtonL2110.2
Sep 6, 2025vsNorthern ColoradoW21—
Sep 20, 2025vsUTSAL1625.9
Sep 27, 2025vsWashington StateL318.3
Oct 3, 2025@San Diego StateL2412.5
Oct 10, 2025vsFresno StateW4915.1
Oct 18, 2025vsHawaiiL1925.4
Oct 25, 2025@WyomingL020.2
Nov 8, 2025vsUNLVL1028.7
Nov 15, 2025@New MexicoL1717.7
Nov 22, 2025@Boise StateL2116.5
Nov 28, 2025vsAir ForceL2129.4
Sep 5, 2026vsWyomingW3530.7
Sep 12, 2026vsSSouthern UtahW58—
Sep 19, 2026vsBYUL2325.8
Sep 26, 2026@UTSAL4527.0
Oct 3, 2026vsOregon StateL2634.5
Oct 15, 2026@Texas StateL2735.1
Oct 24, 2026vsSan Diego StateW5632.7
Oct 31, 2026@Utah StateL1425.2

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, plus 1.9 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 66% 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 K'saan Farrar nor without K'saan Farrar: K'saan Farrar had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.