Putting Up Numbers· college football

Miami (FL)’s pass attempts with Mark Fletcher Jr. and without Mark Fletcher Jr.

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Miami (FL) was 0.4 pass attempts over with Mark Fletcher Jr. and 0.2 pass attempts under without Mark Fletcher Jr. over its last 25 games, 20 games against 3. The plain averages are 31.6 and 30.7, a difference of 0.9. All 9 away games were with Mark Fletcher Jr.. All 4 neutral-site games were with Mark Fletcher Jr.. All 9 ranked opponents were with Mark Fletcher Jr..

Mark Fletcher Jr., running back: 1,711 rushing yards, 322 carries and 25 receptions in 22 of those 25 games, 0% of Miami (FL)’s pass attempts in those games.

3 games without Mark Fletcher Jr. is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

pass attempts a game over expected

A +0.6 difference in pass attempts over expected with Mark Fletcher Jr. vs without Mark Fletcher Jr. is about what you’d expect.

A +0.9 difference in pass attempts with Mark Fletcher Jr. vs without Mark Fletcher Jr. is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Mark Fletcher Jr.without Mark Fletcher Jr.
Miami (FL)’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Mark Fletcher Jr. or without Mark Fletcher Jr.
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Dec 28, 2024vsIowa State (neutral)L3331.9
Aug 31, 2025vsNotre DameW3032.5
Sep 6, 2025vsBBethune-CookmanW36—
Sep 13, 2025vsSouth FloridaW3034.7
Sep 20, 2025vsFloridaW3028.3
Oct 4, 2025@Florida StateW2727.9
Oct 17, 2025vsLouisvilleL3529.7
Oct 25, 2025vsStanfordW3032.4
Nov 1, 2025@SMUL3833.6
Nov 8, 2025vsSyracuseW2528.2
Nov 15, 2025vsNC StateW3334.0
Nov 22, 2025@Virginia TechW3328.2
Nov 29, 2025@PittsburghW3233.3
Dec 20, 2025@Texas A&MW2131.1
Dec 31, 2025vsOhio State (neutral)W2626.1
Jan 8, 2026vsOle Miss (neutral)W3729.8
Jan 19, 2026vsIndiana (neutral)L3230.0
Sep 4, 2026@StanfordW3530.6
Sep 10, 2026vsFlorida A&MW29—
Sep 18, 2026@Wake ForestW3435.7
Sep 26, 2026vsCentral MichiganW3430.4
Oct 3, 2026@ClemsonW2731.0
Oct 17, 2026vsFlorida StateW3431.6
Oct 24, 2026vsPittsburghW3731.4
Oct 31, 2026@North CarolinaW2932.6

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 0.4 in 2024, 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 2024, 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.
  • Bethune-Cookman, Florida A&M 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 for 15 of these 25 games; in the other 10 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.