Putting Up Numbers· college football

Old Dominion’s carries with Quinn Henicle and without Quinn Henicle

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Old Dominion was 7.6 carries over with Quinn Henicle and 0.9 carries under without Quinn Henicle over its last 25 games, 6 games against 17. The plain averages are 43.6 and 38.8, a difference of 4.7. All 3 games after a bye were without Quinn Henicle.

Quinn Henicle, quarterback: 981 passing yards, 150 pass attempts and 80 completions in 14 of those 25 games, 26% of Old Dominion’s carries in those games.

carries a game over expected

A +8.5 difference in carries over expected with Quinn Henicle vs without Quinn Henicle is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Quinn Henicle and it comes up 10 times in 100.

A +4.7 difference in carries with Quinn Henicle vs without Quinn Henicle is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Quinn Henicle and it comes up 7 times in 100.

The games

with Quinn Heniclewithout Quinn Henicle
Old Dominion’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Quinn Henicle or without Quinn Henicle
SideDateGameResultcarriesExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsJames MadisonL5444.2
Nov 23, 2024vsMarshallL4649.8
Nov 30, 2024@Arkansas StateW5046.2
Aug 30, 2025@IndianaL2333.2
Sep 6, 2025vsNNorth Carolina CentralW31—
Sep 13, 2025@Virginia TechW3939.8
Sep 27, 2025vsLibertyW4442.0
Oct 4, 2025vsCoastal CarolinaW4343.5
Oct 11, 2025@MarshallL3843.4
Oct 18, 2025@James MadisonL2936.3
Oct 25, 2025vsAppalachian StateW4340.6
Nov 1, 2025@Louisiana MonroeW4442.3
Nov 13, 2025vsTroyW4642.6
Nov 22, 2025@Georgia SouthernW5640.6
Nov 29, 2025vsGeorgia StateW5242.2
Dec 17, 2025vsSouth Florida (neutral)W5240.0
Sep 5, 2026vsNNorfolk StateW39—
Sep 12, 2026@Virginia TechL3030.9
Sep 19, 2026vsEast CarolinaL4236.0
Sep 26, 2026vsJames MadisonL2837.2
Oct 3, 2026@Georgia StateL3435.4
Oct 10, 2026@Appalachian StateW5831.9
Oct 15, 2026vsGeorgia SouthernL3233.6
Oct 24, 2026@Louisiana TechL2234.4
Oct 31, 2026vsMarshallL2938.1

Method

Read against .

  • 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, plus 0.1 in 2024, plus 0.3 in 2025, plus 0.6 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, 74% in 2025, 61% 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.
  • North Carolina Central, Norfolk State 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 18 of these 25 games; in the other 7 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 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.