Putting Up Numbers· college football

Kennesaw State’s points allowed with Zion Booker and since Zion Booker’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Kennesaw State was 0.7 points under with Zion Booker and 2.1 points over since Zion Booker’s last game over its last 25 games, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 22.5 and 28.3, a difference of 5.8. All 4 conference games were since Zion Booker’s last game. All 4 nonconference games were with Zion Booker.

Zion Booker, receiver: 146 receiving yards and 20 receptions in 3 of those 25 games.

points allowed a game over expected

A −2.8 difference in points allowed over expected with Zion Booker vs since Zion Booker’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A −5.8 difference in points allowed with Zion Booker vs since Zion Booker’s last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Zion Bookersince Zion Booker’s last game
Kennesaw State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Zion Booker or since Zion Booker’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 StateL2724.3
Oct 14, 2026@Missouri StateL2424.9
Oct 22, 2026vsLibertyL3430.3
Oct 28, 2026@Middle TennesseeW2824.9

Method

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  • 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, minus 1.8 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 66% 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.
  • West Georgia 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.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Zion Booker nor since Zion Booker’s last game: Zion Booker had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.