Putting Up Numbers· college football

Marshall’s passing yards with Jo'Shon Barbie and without Jo'Shon Barbie

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Marshall was 7.8 yards under with Jo'Shon Barbie and 4.9 yards over without Jo'Shon Barbie over its last 25 games, 14 games against 4. The plain averages are 211.4 and 230.5, a difference of 19.1. Both ranked opponents were with Jo'Shon Barbie. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Jo'Shon Barbie.

Jo'Shon Barbie, running back: 501 rushing yards, 112 carries and 13 receptions in 16 of those 25 games.

passing yards a game over expected

A −12.7 difference in passing yards over expected with Jo'Shon Barbie vs without Jo'Shon Barbie is about what you’d expect.

A −19.1 difference in passing yards with Jo'Shon Barbie vs without Jo'Shon Barbie is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Jo'Shon Barbiewithout Jo'Shon Barbie
Marshall’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jo'Shon Barbie or without Jo'Shon Barbie
SideDateGameResultpassing yardsExpected
Nov 9, 2024@Southern MissW259187.1
Nov 16, 2024vsCoastal CarolinaW219196.2
Nov 23, 2024@Old DominionW210193.2
Nov 30, 2024@James MadisonW120195.1
Dec 7, 2024@LouisianaW193173.3
Aug 30, 2025@GeorgiaL129188.9
Sep 6, 2025vsMissouri StateL83229.3
Sep 13, 2025vsEEastern KentuckyW114—
Sep 20, 2025@Middle TennesseeW261240.5
Sep 27, 2025@LouisianaL258215.0
Oct 11, 2025vsOld DominionW222193.8
Oct 18, 2025vsTexas StateW280221.9
Oct 30, 2025@Coastal CarolinaL153243.5
Nov 8, 2025vsJames MadisonL166192.5
Nov 15, 2025@Georgia StateW321208.7
Nov 22, 2025@Appalachian StateL200249.2
Nov 29, 2025vsGeorgia SouthernL308217.9
Sep 5, 2026@Penn StateL103160.3
Sep 12, 2026vsMiddle TennesseeW181203.7
Sep 19, 2026@Missouri StateW197233.2
Sep 26, 2026vsGGardner-WebbW413—
Oct 3, 2026@James MadisonL309221.2
Oct 10, 2026vsCoastal CarolinaL284193.5
Oct 20, 2026vsSouth AlabamaW181253.1
Oct 31, 2026@Old DominionW142201.6

Method

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  • 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 1.8 in 2025, plus 4.1 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 68% in 2025, 59% 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.
  • 5 games in 2024 are neither with Jo'Shon Barbie nor without Jo'Shon Barbie: Jo'Shon Barbie had no game for the team that season, and sit out.