Putting Up Numbers· college football

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

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Marshall was 4.5 yards under with Jo'Shon Barbie and 25.0 yards over without Jo'Shon Barbie over its last 25 games, 14 games against 4. The plain averages are 391.1 and 433.0, a difference of 41.9. 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.

total yards a game over expected

A −29.5 difference in total yards over expected with Jo'Shon Barbie vs without Jo'Shon Barbie is about what you’d expect.

A −41.9 difference in total 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
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 9, 2024@Southern MissW526416.4
Nov 16, 2024vsCoastal CarolinaW286428.6
Nov 23, 2024@Old DominionW471369.9
Nov 30, 2024@James MadisonW261354.2
Dec 7, 2024@LouisianaW415347.9
Aug 30, 2025@GeorgiaL208287.3
Sep 6, 2025vsMissouri StateL274439.6
Sep 13, 2025vsEEastern KentuckyW377—
Sep 20, 2025@Middle TennesseeW451432.2
Sep 27, 2025@LouisianaL503416.6
Oct 11, 2025vsOld DominionW449340.9
Oct 18, 2025vsTexas StateW466420.7
Oct 30, 2025@Coastal CarolinaL429452.4
Nov 8, 2025vsJames MadisonL414286.8
Nov 15, 2025@Georgia StateW489423.4
Nov 22, 2025@Appalachian StateL438432.4
Nov 29, 2025vsGeorgia SouthernL372492.9
Sep 5, 2026@Penn StateL147310.9
Sep 12, 2026vsMiddle TennesseeW313404.5
Sep 19, 2026@Missouri StateW472386.0
Sep 26, 2026vsGGardner-WebbW569—
Oct 3, 2026@James MadisonL444339.2
Oct 10, 2026vsCoastal CarolinaL505369.9
Oct 20, 2026vsSouth AlabamaW329442.3
Oct 31, 2026@Old DominionW340327.9

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, plus 7.7 in 2025, plus 12.1 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 79% in 2025, 67% 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.