Putting Up Numbers· college football

Louisiana Tech’s points with Trey Kukuk and without Trey Kukuk

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Louisiana Tech was 1.3 points over with Trey Kukuk and 0.4 points under without Trey Kukuk over its last 25 games, 6 games against 13. The plain averages are 25.7 and 31.1, a difference of 5.4.

Trey Kukuk, quarterback: 1,134 passing yards, 181 pass attempts and 116 completions in 17 of those 25 games.

points a game over expected

A +1.7 difference in points over expected with Trey Kukuk vs without Trey Kukuk is about what you’d expect.

A −5.4 difference in points with Trey Kukuk vs without Trey Kukuk is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Louisiana Tech’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Trey Kukuk or without Trey Kukuk
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Nov 16, 2024@Western KentuckyW1219.6
Nov 23, 2024@ArkansasL1412.3
Nov 30, 2024vsKennesaw StateW3325.4
Dec 28, 2024vsArmy (neutral)L611.9
Aug 30, 2025vsSS E LouisianaW24—
Sep 6, 2025@LSUL713.5
Sep 13, 2025vsNew Mexico StateW4927.6
Sep 20, 2025vsSouthern MissW3029.3
Sep 27, 2025@UTEPW3030.2
Oct 9, 2025@Kennesaw StateL727.8
Oct 21, 2025vsWestern KentuckyL2727.4
Oct 31, 2025vsSam HoustonW5533.2
Nov 8, 2025@DelawareL2431.8
Nov 15, 2025@Washington StateL317.7
Nov 22, 2025vsLibertyW3428.9
Nov 29, 2025@Missouri StateW4225.3
Dec 30, 2025vsCoastal Carolina (neutral)W2334.2
Sep 5, 2026vsNorthwestern StateW80—
Sep 12, 2026@LSUL1411.8
Sep 19, 2026@BaylorL1916.6
Oct 3, 2026vsArmyW3129.7
Oct 10, 2026vsLouisianaW3224.9
Oct 17, 2026@Louisiana MonroeW2433.3
Oct 24, 2026vsOld DominionW2632.4
Oct 31, 2026@South AlabamaW3533.2

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, plus 1.5 in 2025, plus 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 78% in 2025, 66% 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.
  • S E Louisiana, Northwestern State 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.
  • 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.
  • 4 games in 2024 are neither with Trey Kukuk nor without Trey Kukuk: Trey Kukuk had no game for the team that season, and sit out.