Putting Up Numbers· college football

Marshall’s yards a carry with Jo'Shon Barbie and without Jo'Shon Barbie

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Marshall averaged 4.59 yards a carry with Jo'Shon Barbie and 4.63 without Jo'Shon Barbie over its last 25 games, 16 games against 4, a difference of 0.04. 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.

yards a carry a game

A −0.04 difference in yards a carry 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
SideDateGameResultyards a carryExpected
Nov 9, 2024@Southern MissW5.68—
Nov 16, 2024vsCoastal CarolinaW2.16—
Nov 23, 2024@Old DominionW6.37—
Nov 30, 2024@James MadisonW3.71—
Dec 7, 2024@LouisianaW5.29—
Aug 30, 2025@GeorgiaL2.63—
Sep 6, 2025vsMissouri StateL5.79—
Sep 13, 2025vsEEastern KentuckyW4.61—
Sep 20, 2025@Middle TennesseeW4.04—
Sep 27, 2025@LouisianaL5.10—
Oct 11, 2025vsOld DominionW4.73—
Oct 18, 2025vsTexas StateW3.88—
Oct 30, 2025@Coastal CarolinaL6.27—
Nov 8, 2025vsJames MadisonL4.96—
Nov 15, 2025@Georgia StateW4.94—
Nov 22, 2025@Appalachian StateL5.95—
Nov 29, 2025vsGeorgia SouthernL4—
Sep 5, 2026@Penn StateL1.69—
Sep 12, 2026vsMiddle TennesseeW3.77—
Sep 19, 2026@Missouri StateW6.71—
Sep 26, 2026vsGGardner-WebbW4.46—
Oct 3, 2026@James MadisonL4.50—
Oct 10, 2026vsCoastal CarolinaL5.39—
Oct 20, 2026vsSouth AlabamaW4.63—
Oct 31, 2026@Old DominionW3.81—

Method

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  • 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.
  • 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.