Putting Up Numbers· college football

Marshall’s pass attempts with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson and without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Marshall was 0.1 pass attempts under with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson and 0.3 pass attempts under without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson over its last 25 games, 12 games against 6. The plain averages are 29.8 and 28.8, a difference of 1.0. Expected was 1.3 pass attempts higher with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson than without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson.

Carlos Del Rio-Wilson, quarterback: 3,123 passing yards, 404 pass attempts and 263 completions in 18 of those 25 games, 76% of Marshall’s pass attempts in those games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A +0.2 difference in pass attempts over expected with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson vs without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson is about what you’d expect.

A +1.0 difference in pass attempts with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson vs without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Carlos Del Rio-Wilsonwithout Carlos Del Rio-Wilson
Marshall’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson or without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 9, 2024@Southern MissW2525.0
Nov 16, 2024vsCoastal CarolinaW3124.9
Nov 23, 2024@Old DominionW2428.0
Nov 30, 2024@James MadisonW2530.9
Dec 7, 2024@LouisianaW2629.2
Aug 30, 2025@GeorgiaL2132.6
Sep 6, 2025vsMissouri StateL2428.2
Sep 13, 2025vsEEastern KentuckyW14—
Sep 20, 2025@Middle TennesseeW2231.0
Sep 27, 2025@LouisianaL3128.2
Oct 11, 2025vsOld DominionW2630.8
Oct 18, 2025vsTexas StateW3329.9
Oct 30, 2025@Coastal CarolinaL3630.7
Nov 8, 2025vsJames MadisonL3627.4
Nov 15, 2025@Georgia StateW2727.5
Nov 22, 2025@Appalachian StateL3032.3
Nov 29, 2025vsGeorgia SouthernL3527.3
Sep 5, 2026@Penn StateL2829.8
Sep 12, 2026vsMiddle TennesseeW2327.7
Sep 19, 2026@Missouri StateW2632.2
Sep 26, 2026vsGGardner-WebbW39—
Oct 3, 2026@James MadisonL5133.1
Oct 10, 2026vsCoastal CarolinaL3727.5
Oct 20, 2026vsSouth AlabamaW3331.5
Oct 31, 2026@Old DominionW1832.9

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 0.3 in 2025, minus 0.1 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 73% in 2025, 60% 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.
  • Eastern Kentucky, Gardner-Webb 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.
  • 5 games in 2024 are neither with Carlos Del Rio-Wilson nor without Carlos Del Rio-Wilson: Carlos Del Rio-Wilson had no game for the team that season, and sit out.