Putting Up Numbers· college football

Kennesaw State’s points allowed with Davis Bryson and since Davis Bryson’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Kennesaw State was 0.1 points under with Davis Bryson and 0.4 points over since Davis Bryson’s last game over its last 25 games, 3 games against 20. The plain averages are 27.3 and 25.5, a difference of 1.9. All 15 night games were since Davis Bryson’s last game. Both ranked opponents were since Davis Bryson’s last game. Both opponents outside the major colleges were since Davis Bryson’s last game.

Davis Bryson, quarterback: 410 passing yards, 80 pass attempts and 43 completions in 20 of those 25 games.

3 games with Davis Bryson is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

points allowed a game over expected

A −0.5 difference in points allowed over expected with Davis Bryson vs since Davis Bryson’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A +1.9 difference in points allowed with Davis Bryson vs since Davis Bryson’s last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Davis Brysonsince Davis Bryson’s last game
Kennesaw State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Davis Bryson or since Davis Bryson’s last game
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsSam HoustonL2328.5
Nov 23, 2024vsFlorida InternationalW2628.5
Nov 30, 2024@Louisiana TechL3325.4
Aug 29, 2025@Wake ForestL1034.5
Sep 6, 2025@IndianaL5647.2
Sep 13, 2025vsMMerrimackW13—
Sep 20, 2025vsArkansas StateW2121.6
Sep 27, 2025vsMiddle TennesseeW1622.1
Oct 9, 2025vsLouisiana TechW727.8
Oct 21, 2025@Florida InternationalW2626.6
Oct 28, 2025vsUTEPW2019.9
Nov 8, 2025@New Mexico StateW2122.9
Nov 15, 2025@Jacksonville StateL3524.8
Nov 22, 2025vsMissouri StateW3421.8
Nov 29, 2025@LibertyW4224.1
Dec 5, 2025@Jacksonville StateW1527.4
Dec 19, 2025vsWestern Michigan (neutral)L4121.9
Sep 3, 2026vsWWest GeorgiaW0—
Sep 12, 2026vsGeorgia StateL3127.1
Sep 19, 2026@TennesseeL4234.2
Sep 26, 2026@Arkansas StateL1730.7
Oct 7, 2026vsJacksonville StateL2724.2
Oct 14, 2026@Missouri StateL2424.9
Oct 22, 2026vsLibertyL3430.3
Oct 28, 2026@Middle TennesseeW2824.9

Method

Read against .

  • 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.
  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • Merrimack, West Georgia 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.
  • 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.