Putting Up Numbers· college football

Louisiana Monroe’s points with Marcellus Jackson and without Marcellus Jackson

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Louisiana Monroe was 3.8 points under with Marcellus Jackson and 3.3 points over without Marcellus Jackson over its last 25 games, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 20.1 and 21.0, a difference of 0.9. Expected was 3.8 points higher with Marcellus Jackson than without Marcellus Jackson. All 4 home games were with Marcellus Jackson. Both night games were with Marcellus Jackson. All 4 nonconference games were with Marcellus Jackson.

Marcellus Jackson, receiver: 348 receiving yards, 33 receptions and 1 receiving touchdown in 7 of those 25 games.

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

points a game over expected

The games

with Marcellus Jacksonwithout Marcellus Jackson
Louisiana Monroe’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Marcellus Jackson or without Marcellus Jackson
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Nov 2, 2024@MarshallL2317.9
Nov 9, 2024vsTexas StateL1722.8
Nov 16, 2024@AuburnL1414.1
Nov 23, 2024@Arkansas StateL2126.3
Nov 30, 2024vsLouisianaL2322.3
Aug 28, 2025vsSSt. Francis (PA)W29—
Sep 6, 2025@AlabamaL06.3
Sep 20, 2025@UTEPW3120.8
Sep 27, 2025vsArkansas StateW2818.9
Oct 4, 2025@NorthwesternL77.3
Oct 11, 2025@Coastal CarolinaL826.3
Oct 18, 2025vsTroyL1418.1
Oct 25, 2025@Southern MissL2118.7
Nov 1, 2025vsOld DominionL612.9
Nov 15, 2025vsSouth AlabamaL1424.3
Nov 22, 2025@Texas StateL1422.6
Nov 29, 2025@LouisianaL2719.8
Sep 5, 2026@Mississippi StateL1311.5
Sep 12, 2026@UABL2017.2
Sep 19, 2026vsSS E LouisianaL35—
Sep 26, 2026vsFlorida AtlanticL1730.5
Oct 3, 2026@South AlabamaL3522.3
Oct 17, 2026vsLouisiana TechL018.8
Oct 24, 2026@TroyW2117.7
Oct 31, 2026vsSouthern MissL2128.6

Method

Read against .

  • 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, plus 1.9 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.
  • S E Louisiana 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 Marcellus Jackson nor without Marcellus Jackson: Marcellus Jackson had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.