Putting Up Numbers· college football

New Mexico State’s pass attempts with Isaiah Rudison and without Isaiah Rudison

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, New Mexico State was 2.0 pass attempts over with Isaiah Rudison and 2.2 pass attempts under without Isaiah Rudison over its last 25 games, 19 games against 4. The plain averages are 35.5 and 27.6, a difference of 7.9.

Isaiah Rudison, running back: 176 rushing yards, 45 carries and 11 receptions in 16 of those 25 games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A +4.2 difference in pass attempts over expected with Isaiah Rudison vs without Isaiah Rudison is about what you’d expect.

A +7.9 difference in pass attempts with Isaiah Rudison vs without Isaiah Rudison is about what you’d expect.

The games

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New Mexico State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Isaiah Rudison or without Isaiah Rudison
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Oct 29, 2024vsFlorida International (neutral)L1929.1
Nov 9, 2024vsWestern KentuckyL2223.5
Nov 16, 2024@Texas A&ML2330.6
Nov 23, 2024@Middle TennesseeW1827.0
Nov 30, 2024vsUTEPL5124.5
Aug 30, 2025vsBBryantW31—
Sep 6, 2025vsTulsaW4535.3
Sep 13, 2025@Louisiana TechL3342.6
Sep 27, 2025@New MexicoL3838.3
Oct 2, 2025vsSam HoustonW2635.9
Oct 14, 2025@LibertyL3736.8
Oct 22, 2025vsMissouri StateL3436.3
Nov 1, 2025@Western KentuckyL4040.3
Nov 8, 2025vsKennesaw StateL4636.3
Nov 15, 2025@TennesseeL5337.5
Nov 22, 2025@UTEPW4237.9
Nov 29, 2025vsMiddle TennesseeL4736.2
Aug 29, 2026@Florida StateL4332.6
Sep 5, 2026vsMMercyhurstW23—
Sep 12, 2026@HawaiiL3528.9
Sep 26, 2026vsNew MexicoL3828.6
Oct 1, 2026vsWestern KentuckyW2632.3
Oct 7, 2026@Florida InternationalL3032.0
Oct 21, 2026@Sam HoustonW2930.5
Oct 28, 2026vsJacksonville StateL1932.4

Method

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  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 0.4 in 2024, minus 0.3 in 2025, minus 0.1 in 2026 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 73% in 2024, 73% in 2025, 60% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • 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.
  • Bryant, Mercyhurst have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 20 of these 25 games; in the other 5 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.