Putting Up Numbers· college football

Colorado State’s rushing yards with K'saan Farrar and without K'saan Farrar

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Colorado State was 3.2 yards over with K'saan Farrar and 9.4 yards under without K'saan Farrar over its last 25 games, 4 games against 3. The plain averages are 144.0 and 189.3, a difference of 45.3.

K'saan Farrar, quarterback: 943 passing yards, 143 pass attempts and 89 completions in 5 of those 25 games, 5% of Colorado State’s rushing yards in those games.

rushing yards a game over expected

A +12.6 difference in rushing yards over expected with K'saan Farrar vs without K'saan Farrar is about what you’d expect.

A −45.3 difference in rushing yards 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
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Nov 2, 2024@NevadaW170190.9
Nov 15, 2024vsWyomingW250164.8
Nov 23, 2024@Fresno StateL87142.3
Nov 29, 2024vsUtah StateW85229.0
Dec 28, 2024vsMiami (OH) (neutral)L141148.5
Aug 30, 2025@WashingtonL8556.3
Sep 6, 2025vsNorthern ColoradoW230—
Sep 20, 2025vsUTSAL153100.9
Sep 27, 2025vsWashington StateL14670.0
Oct 3, 2025@San Diego StateL149105.9
Oct 10, 2025vsFresno StateW190116.5
Oct 18, 2025vsHawaiiL85124.0
Oct 25, 2025@WyomingL94134.3
Nov 8, 2025vsUNLVL103150.9
Nov 15, 2025@New MexicoL1386.0
Nov 22, 2025@Boise StateL40119.2
Nov 28, 2025vsAir ForceL12149.1
Sep 5, 2026vsWyomingW158193.5
Sep 12, 2026vsSSouthern UtahW300—
Sep 19, 2026vsBYUL82148.1
Sep 26, 2026@UTSAL156149.7
Oct 3, 2026vsOregon StateL190152.7
Oct 15, 2026@Texas StateL148112.6
Oct 24, 2026vsSan Diego StateW220160.4
Oct 31, 2026@Utah StateL79131.3

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 8.0 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 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.