Putting Up Numbers· college football

Georgia’s points allowed with KJ Bolden and without KJ Bolden

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Georgia was 2.0 points under with KJ Bolden and 10.7 points over without KJ Bolden over its last 25 games, 22 games against 1. The plain averages are 17.6 and 27.0, a difference of 9.4. All 5 away games were with KJ Bolden. All 7 neutral-site games were with KJ Bolden. All 6 night games were with KJ Bolden.

KJ Bolden, defender: 24 of those 25 games.

One game without KJ Bolden is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

points allowed a game over expected

The games

with KJ Boldenwithout KJ Bolden
Georgia’s games, last 25 games, each marked with KJ Bolden or without KJ Bolden
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Nov 29, 2024vsGeorgia TechW4215.4
Dec 7, 2024vsTexas (neutral)W1927.8
Jan 2, 2025vsNotre Dame (neutral)L2330.0
Aug 30, 2025vsMarshallW715.1
Sep 6, 2025vsAAustin PeayW6—
Sep 13, 2025@TennesseeW4126.0
Sep 27, 2025vsAlabamaL2422.7
Oct 4, 2025vsKentuckyW1415.2
Oct 11, 2025@AuburnW1019.1
Oct 18, 2025vsOle MissW3526.5
Nov 1, 2025vsFlorida (neutral)W2014.5
Nov 8, 2025@Mississippi StateW2122.0
Nov 15, 2025vsTexasW1022.2
Nov 22, 2025vsCharlotteW33.0
Nov 28, 2025vsGeorgia Tech (neutral)W921.8
Dec 6, 2025vsAlabama (neutral)W726.3
Jan 1, 2026vsOle Miss (neutral)L3927.4
Sep 5, 2026vsTennessee StateW3—
Sep 12, 2026vsWestern KentuckyW205.6
Sep 19, 2026@ArkansasW1718.3
Sep 26, 2026vsOklahomaW1317.0
Oct 3, 2026vsVanderbiltW1415.4
Oct 10, 2026@AlabamaW1734.5
Oct 17, 2026vsAuburnL2716.3
Oct 31, 2026vsFlorida (neutral)W832.1

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 1.5 in 2024, minus 1.5 in 2025, minus 1.9 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 75% in 2024, 78% in 2025, 66% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • 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.