Putting Up Numbers· college football

Georgia’s penalty yards with Chauncey Bowens and without Chauncey Bowens

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Georgia was 5.7 yards under with Chauncey Bowens and 9.0 yards under without Chauncey Bowens over its last 25 games, 16 games against 7. The plain averages are 45.4 and 43.7, a difference of 1.7. Expected was 2.8 yards lower with Chauncey Bowens than without Chauncey Bowens. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Chauncey Bowens.

Chauncey Bowens, running back: 650 rushing yards, 138 carries and 24 receptions in 17 of those 25 games.

penalty yards a game over expected

A +3.3 difference in penalty yards over expected with Chauncey Bowens vs without Chauncey Bowens is about what you’d expect.

A +1.7 difference in penalty yards with Chauncey Bowens vs without Chauncey Bowens is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Georgia’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Chauncey Bowens or without Chauncey Bowens
SideDateGameResultpenalty yardsExpected
Nov 29, 2024vsGeorgia TechW2749.1
Dec 7, 2024vsTexas (neutral)W4950.1
Jan 2, 2025vsNotre Dame (neutral)L3655.6
Aug 30, 2025vsMarshallW1547.4
Sep 6, 2025vsAAustin PeayW24—
Sep 13, 2025@TennesseeW3951.6
Sep 27, 2025vsAlabamaL6848.1
Oct 4, 2025vsKentuckyW5848.2
Oct 11, 2025@AuburnW6051.5
Oct 18, 2025vsOle MissW3746.9
Nov 1, 2025vsFlorida (neutral)W6542.8
Nov 8, 2025@Mississippi StateW5059.6
Nov 15, 2025vsTexasW1546.6
Nov 22, 2025vsCharlotteW1548.2
Nov 28, 2025vsGeorgia Tech (neutral)W4553.8
Dec 6, 2025vsAlabama (neutral)W8048.3
Jan 1, 2026vsOle Miss (neutral)L3847.9
Sep 5, 2026vsTennessee StateW85—
Sep 12, 2026vsWestern KentuckyW6650.9
Sep 19, 2026@ArkansasW4153.5
Sep 26, 2026vsOklahomaW2156.9
Oct 3, 2026vsVanderbiltW4051.3
Oct 10, 2026@AlabamaW5755.0
Oct 17, 2026vsAuburnL6053.7
Oct 31, 2026vsFlorida (neutral)W3252.0

Method

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  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 0.8 in 2024, minus 2.1 in 2025, minus 1.3 in 2026 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 44% in 2024, 45% in 2025, 27% in 2026 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.
  • Austin Peay, Tennessee State have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 22 of these 25 games; in the other 3 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.