Putting Up Numbers· college football

Middle Tennessee’s points allowed with Terrence Brown and without Terrence Brown

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Middle Tennessee was 4.2 points over with Terrence Brown and 12.1 points under without Terrence Brown over its last 25 games, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 31.0 and 20.0, a difference of 11.0. All 4 away games were with Terrence Brown. All 4 conference games were with Terrence Brown.

Terrence Brown, running back: 348 rushing yards, 54 carries and 26 receptions in 7 of those 25 games.

One game without Terrence Brown is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

points allowed a game over expected

The games

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Middle Tennessee’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Terrence Brown or without Terrence Brown
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Oct 23, 2024@Jacksonville StateL4240.8
Nov 2, 2024@UTEPW1332.9
Nov 9, 2024vsLibertyL3728.6
Nov 23, 2024vsNew Mexico StateL3626.4
Nov 30, 2024vsFlorida International (neutral)L3530.2
Aug 30, 2025vsAAustin PeayL34—
Sep 6, 2025@WisconsinL4229.6
Sep 13, 2025@NevadaW1331.0
Sep 20, 2025vsMarshallL4230.9
Sep 27, 2025@Kennesaw StateL2435.5
Oct 8, 2025vsMissouri StateL2229.3
Oct 22, 2025@DelawareL3132.9
Oct 29, 2025vsJacksonville StateL2429.1
Nov 8, 2025vsFlorida InternationalL5624.6
Nov 15, 2025@Western KentuckyL4231.2
Nov 22, 2025vsSam HoustonW1723.9
Nov 29, 2025@New Mexico StateW2428.1
Sep 5, 2026vsMMurray StateW14—
Sep 12, 2026@MarshallL2828.2
Sep 19, 2026vsNevadaW2032.1
Sep 26, 2026@Jacksonville StateL2334.9
Oct 3, 2026@KansasL5534.1
Oct 13, 2026vsDelawareW3030.9
Oct 20, 2026@Florida InternationalW2328.3
Oct 28, 2026vsKennesaw StateL4421.5

Method

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  • 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 1.9 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 66% of the difference the model predicts.
  • Murray State 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.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Terrence Brown nor without Terrence Brown: Terrence Brown had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.