Putting Up Numbers· college football

Miami (OH)’s total yards with David McComb and since David McComb’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Miami (OH) was 41.5 yards over with David McComb and 50.0 yards under since David McComb’s last game over its last 25 games, 3 games against 4. The plain averages are 388.0 and 329.3, a difference of 58.8. All 4 conference games were since David McComb’s last game. All 4 nonconference games were with David McComb.

David McComb, quarterback: 1,121 passing yards, 103 pass attempts and 65 completions in 4 of those 25 games.

total yards a game over expected

A +91.5 difference in total yards over expected with David McComb vs since David McComb’s last game is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with David McComb and it comes up 10 times in 100.

A +58.8 difference in total yards with David McComb vs since David McComb’s last game is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with David McComb and it comes up 18 times in 100.

The games

with David McCombsince David McComb’s last game
Miami (OH)’s games, last 25 games, each marked with David McComb or since David McComb’s last game
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 29, 2024@Bowling GreenW376322.8
Dec 7, 2024vsOhio (neutral)L190338.5
Dec 28, 2024vsColorado State (neutral)W401367.6
Aug 28, 2025@WisconsinL117269.4
Sep 6, 2025@RutgersL368364.5
Sep 20, 2025vsUNLVL396377.1
Sep 27, 2025vsLLindenwoodW476—
Oct 4, 2025@Northern IllinoisW368345.4
Oct 11, 2025@AkronW353402.4
Oct 18, 2025vsEastern MichiganW460398.3
Oct 25, 2025vsWestern MichiganW412290.1
Nov 4, 2025@OhioL304332.1
Nov 12, 2025vsToledoL222309.6
Nov 19, 2025@BuffaloW353363.2
Nov 29, 2025vsBall StateW460367.5
Dec 6, 2025vsWestern Michigan (neutral)L272301.1
Dec 27, 2025vsFresno State (neutral)L192289.8
Sep 5, 2026@PittsburghL289272.5
Sep 12, 2026vsHoly CrossW438—
Sep 19, 2026@CincinnatiL410344.5
Sep 26, 2026vsUConnW415372.4
Oct 3, 2026vsBowling GreenL306393.2
Oct 10, 2026@UMassW261352.9
Oct 17, 2026vsAkronW389429.4
Oct 24, 2026@Central MichiganW361341.4

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 12.1 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 67% of the difference the model predicts.
  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • Holy Cross has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits 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.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with David McComb nor since David McComb’s last game: David McComb had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.