Putting Up Numbers· college football

Old Dominion’s points allowed with Quinn Henicle and without Quinn Henicle

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Old Dominion was 4.7 points under with Quinn Henicle and 3.1 points over without Quinn Henicle over its last 25 games, 6 games against 17. The plain averages are 23.0 and 24.4, a difference of 1.4. Expected was 7.4 points higher with Quinn Henicle than without Quinn Henicle. 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.

points allowed a game over expected

A −7.7 difference in points allowed over expected with Quinn Henicle vs without Quinn Henicle is about what you’d expect.

A −1.4 difference in points allowed with Quinn Henicle vs without Quinn Henicle is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Quinn Heniclewithout Quinn Henicle
Old Dominion’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Quinn Henicle or without Quinn Henicle
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsJames MadisonL3527.2
Nov 23, 2024vsMarshallL4226.1
Nov 30, 2024@Arkansas StateW3224.4
Aug 30, 2025@IndianaL2742.3
Sep 6, 2025vsNNorth Carolina CentralW6—
Sep 13, 2025@Virginia TechW2621.7
Sep 27, 2025vsLibertyW717.6
Oct 4, 2025vsCoastal CarolinaW717.3
Oct 11, 2025@MarshallL4818.1
Oct 18, 2025@James MadisonL6323.5
Oct 25, 2025vsAppalachian StateW2113.9
Nov 1, 2025@Louisiana MonroeW612.9
Nov 13, 2025vsTroyW016.4
Nov 22, 2025@Georgia SouthernW1021.8
Nov 29, 2025vsGeorgia StateW1012.5
Dec 17, 2025vsSouth Florida (neutral)W1034.4
Sep 5, 2026vsNNorfolk StateW10—
Sep 12, 2026@Virginia TechL4431.1
Sep 19, 2026vsEast CarolinaL2025.8
Sep 26, 2026vsJames MadisonL4628.8
Oct 3, 2026@Georgia StateL4230.0
Oct 10, 2026@Appalachian StateW333.2
Oct 15, 2026vsGeorgia SouthernL2328.9
Oct 24, 2026@Louisiana TechL2632.4
Oct 31, 2026vsMarshallL3619.6

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 1.5 in 2024, minus 1.5 in 2025, minus 1.9 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 75% in 2024, 78% in 2025, 66% 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.