Putting Up Numbers· college football

Jacksonville State’s pass attempts with Lucas Farrington and without Lucas Farrington

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Jacksonville State was 1.1 pass attempts under with Lucas Farrington and 2.7 pass attempts under without Lucas Farrington over its last 25 games, 9 games against 10. The plain averages are 26.9 and 22.3, a difference of 4.6.

Lucas Farrington, running back: 225 rushing yards, 42 carries and 8 receptions in 9 of those 25 games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A +1.6 difference in pass attempts over expected with Lucas Farrington vs without Lucas Farrington is about what you’d expect.

A +4.6 difference in pass attempts with Lucas Farrington vs without Lucas Farrington is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Jacksonville State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Lucas Farrington or without Lucas Farrington
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 30, 2024@Western KentuckyL1722.3
Dec 6, 2024vsWestern KentuckyW1521.9
Dec 20, 2024vsOhio (neutral)L3424.4
Aug 28, 2025@UCFL3023.3
Sep 6, 2025vsLibertyW1224.8
Sep 13, 2025@Georgia SouthernL2523.8
Sep 20, 2025vsMMurray StateW34—
Sep 27, 2025@Southern MissL2527.0
Oct 9, 2025vsSam Houston (neutral)W1722.4
Oct 15, 2025vsDelawareW2426.0
Oct 29, 2025@Middle TennesseeW2125.5
Nov 8, 2025@UTEPW3124.5
Nov 15, 2025vsKennesaw StateW1425.7
Nov 22, 2025@Florida InternationalL3124.5
Nov 29, 2025vsWestern KentuckyW2027.6
Dec 5, 2025vsKennesaw StateL2224.8
Dec 16, 2025vsTroy (neutral)W2222.1
Aug 29, 2026@NNorth Dakota StateL23—
Sep 5, 2026vsEEastern KentuckyW30—
Sep 12, 2026@OhioL2630.1
Sep 19, 2026vsGeorgia SouthernW2428.8
Sep 26, 2026vsMiddle TennesseeW2724.2
Oct 7, 2026@Kennesaw StateW4428.7
Oct 13, 2026vsFlorida InternationalW2228.4
Oct 28, 2026@New Mexico StateW1728.9

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 0.3 in 2025, minus 0.1 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 73% in 2025, 60% 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.
  • Murray State, North Dakota State, Eastern Kentucky 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, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 3 games in 2024 are neither with Lucas Farrington nor without Lucas Farrington: Lucas Farrington had no game for the team that season, and sit out.