Michigan’s pass attempts with Bryce Underwood and since Bryce Underwood’s last game
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Michigan was 4.5 pass attempts under with Bryce Underwood and 3.2 pass attempts over since Bryce Underwood’s last game in 2026, 6 games against 2. The plain averages are 22.2 and 29.5, a difference of 7.3. All 3 games while ranked were with Bryce Underwood. All 3 nonconference games were with Bryce Underwood. All 4 first-half games were with Bryce Underwood.
Bryce Underwood, quarterback: 924 passing yards, 124 pass attempts and 72 completions in 7 games this season, 75% of Michigan’s pass attempts in those games.
2 games since Bryce Underwood’s last game 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 −7.8 difference in pass attempts over expected with Bryce Underwood vs since Bryce Underwood’s last game is about what you’d expect.
A −7.3 difference in pass attempts with Bryce Underwood vs since Bryce Underwood’s last game is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Bryce Underwood and it comes up 15 times in 100.
The games
| Side | Date | Game | Result | pass attempts | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2026 | vs Western Michigan | W | 22 | 31.0 | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | vs Oklahoma | W | 17 | 26.7 | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs UTEP | W | 27 | 22.4 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Iowa | L | 28 | 25.3 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @ Minnesota | L | 21 | 27.6 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | vs Penn State | W | 18 | 27.1 | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vs Indiana | L | 32 | 25.5 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @ Rutgers | W | 27 | 27.0 |
Method
- 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, minus 0.1 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 60% 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.
- 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.