Mississippi State’s yards a carry with Fluff Bothwell and without Fluff Bothwell
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Mississippi State averaged 4.22 yards a carry with Fluff Bothwell and 2.93 without Fluff Bothwell over its last 25 games, 18 games against 3, a difference of 1.30. All 7 night games were with Fluff Bothwell. All 4 top-10 opponents were with Fluff Bothwell. All 7 nonconference games were with Fluff Bothwell.
Fluff Bothwell, running back: 1,240 rushing yards, 250 carries and 27 receptions in 18 of those 25 games.
3 games without Fluff Bothwell is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.
yards a carry a game
with Fluff Bothwell
4.22
without Fluff Bothwell
2.93
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A +1.30 difference in yards a carry with Fluff Bothwell vs without Fluff Bothwell is about what you’d expect.
The games
with Fluff Bothwellwithout Fluff Bothwell
| Side | Date | Game | Result | yards a carry | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2024 | vs UMass | W | 8.38 | — | |
| Nov 9, 2024 | @ Tennessee | L | 4.71 | — | |
| Nov 23, 2024 | vs Missouri | L | 6.68 | — | |
| Nov 29, 2024 | @ Ole Miss | L | 1.30 | — | |
| Aug 30, 2025 | @ Southern Miss | W | 4.54 | — | |
| Sep 6, 2025 | vs Arizona State | W | 2.52 | — | |
| Sep 13, 2025 | vs Alcorn State | W | 7.83 | — | |
| Sep 20, 2025 | vs Northern Illinois | W | 5.96 | — | |
| Sep 27, 2025 | vsTennessee | L | 3.56 | — | |
| Oct 4, 2025 | @ Texas A&M | L | 2.48 | — | |
| Oct 18, 2025 | @ Florida | L | 3.27 | — | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | vs Texas | L | 1.47 | — | |
| Nov 1, 2025 | @ Arkansas | W | 3.25 | — | |
| Nov 8, 2025 | vs Georgia | L | 3.67 | — | |
| Nov 15, 2025 | @Missouri | L | 2.36 | — | |
| Nov 28, 2025 | vsOle Miss | L | 6.36 | — | |
| Jan 2, 2026 | vs Wake Forest (neutral) | L | 2.71 | — | |
| Sep 5, 2026 | vs Louisiana Monroe | W | 9.72 | — | |
| Sep 12, 2026 | @ Minnesota | W | 5.48 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | @ South Carolina | W | 4.84 | — | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vsMissouri | W | 3.48 | — | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | vs Alabama | L | 0.60 | — | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @ LSU | L | 4.05 | — | |
| Oct 24, 2026 | vs Oklahoma | L | 5.03 | — | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @Texas | L | 1.66 | — |
Method
- 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.
- Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 20 of these 21 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.
- 4 games in 2024 are neither with Fluff Bothwell nor without Fluff Bothwell: Fluff Bothwell had no game for the team that season, and sit out.