Putting Up Numbers· college football

Michigan State’s total yards with Alessio Milivojevic and since Alessio Milivojevic’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Michigan State was 13.7 yards under with Alessio Milivojevic and 128.8 yards under since Alessio Milivojevic’s last game in 2026, 7 games against 1. The plain averages are 310.9 and 157.0, a difference of 153.9. All 5 home games were with Alessio Milivojevic. All 5 unranked opponents were with Alessio Milivojevic. All 3 nonconference games were with Alessio Milivojevic.

Alessio Milivojevic, quarterback: 1,263 passing yards, 185 pass attempts and 121 completions in 7 games this season.

One game since Alessio Milivojevic’s last game is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

total yards a game over expected

The games

with Alessio Milivojevicsince Alessio Milivojevic’s last game
Michigan State’s games, 2026, each marked with Alessio Milivojevic or since Alessio Milivojevic’s last game
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Sep 4, 2026vsToledoW398374.3
Sep 12, 2026vsEastern MichiganW472394.2
Sep 19, 2026@Notre DameL167238.9
Sep 26, 2026vsNebraskaL257311.8
Oct 3, 2026@WisconsinL235253.4
Oct 10, 2026vsIllinoisL342351.1
Oct 17, 2026vsNorthwesternL305348.0
Oct 24, 2026@UCLAL157285.8

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.
  • 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.