Putting Up Numbers· college football

Old Dominion’s total yards with Quinn Henicle and without Quinn Henicle

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Old Dominion was 19.0 yards under with Quinn Henicle and 11.4 yards over without Quinn Henicle over its last 25 games, 6 games against 17. The plain averages are 333.1 and 423.2, a difference of 90.1. 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.

total yards a game over expected

A −30.4 difference in total yards over expected with Quinn Henicle vs without Quinn Henicle is about what you’d expect.

A −90.1 difference in total yards 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
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 16, 2024vsJames MadisonL479411.8
Nov 23, 2024vsMarshallL517441.1
Nov 30, 2024@Arkansas StateW554499.8
Aug 30, 2025@IndianaL314299.6
Sep 6, 2025vsNNorth Carolina CentralW553—
Sep 13, 2025@Virginia TechW527372.1
Sep 27, 2025vsLibertyW490449.9
Oct 4, 2025vsCoastal CarolinaW619483.3
Oct 11, 2025@MarshallL439470.6
Oct 18, 2025@James MadisonL285336.6
Oct 25, 2025vsAppalachian StateW468487.2
Nov 1, 2025@Louisiana MonroeW391467.6
Nov 13, 2025vsTroyW508427.5
Nov 22, 2025@Georgia SouthernW555495.4
Nov 29, 2025vsGeorgia StateW412497.4
Dec 17, 2025vsSouth Florida (neutral)W386427.6
Sep 5, 2026vsNNorfolk StateW323—
Sep 12, 2026@Virginia TechL315251.7
Sep 19, 2026vsEast CarolinaL295289.2
Sep 26, 2026vsJames MadisonL247330.8
Oct 3, 2026@Georgia StateL146338.3
Oct 10, 2026@Appalachian StateW313316.3
Oct 15, 2026vsGeorgia SouthernL264274.3
Oct 24, 2026@Louisiana TechL141296.3
Oct 31, 2026vsMarshallL409329.5

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, plus 6.1 in 2024, plus 7.7 in 2025, plus 12.1 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 79% in 2024, 79% in 2025, 67% 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.