Putting Up Numbers· college football

Louisiana Monroe’s total yards with Aidan Armenta and without Aidan Armenta

, ,

Against what the season’s ratings expected, Louisiana Monroe was 26.4 yards under with Aidan Armenta and 6.9 yards under without Aidan Armenta in 2026, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 315.7 and 376.0, a difference of 60.3. Expected was 78.1 yards higher with Aidan Armenta than without Aidan Armenta. Both night games were with Aidan Armenta. All 4 conference games were with Aidan Armenta. All 4 second-half games were with Aidan Armenta.

Aidan Armenta, quarterback: 1,300 passing yards, 180 pass attempts and 112 completions in 7 games this season.

2 games without Aidan Armenta is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

total yards a game over expected

A −60.3 difference in total yards with Aidan Armenta vs without Aidan Armenta is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Aidan Armentawithout Aidan Armenta
Louisiana Monroe’s games, 2026, each marked with Aidan Armenta or without Aidan Armenta
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Sep 5, 2026@Mississippi StateL282260.6
Sep 12, 2026@UABL257263.9
Sep 19, 2026vsSS E LouisianaL495—
Sep 26, 2026vsFlorida AtlanticL332413.1
Oct 3, 2026@South AlabamaL442335.2
Oct 17, 2026vsLouisiana TechL236320.1
Oct 24, 2026@TroyW243322.0
Oct 31, 2026vsSouthern MissL359401.5

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 12.1 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 67% 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.