Putting Up Numbers· college football

Ole Miss’ penalty yards with JT Lindsey and without JT Lindsey

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Ole Miss was 10.2 yards over with JT Lindsey and 8.9 yards under without JT Lindsey over its last 25 games, 7 games against 1. The plain averages are 68.7 and 55.0, a difference of 13.7. All 3 away games were with JT Lindsey. All 4 night games were with JT Lindsey. All 3 unranked opponents were with JT Lindsey.

JT Lindsey, running back: 94 rushing yards, 28 carries and 2 receptions in 6 of those 25 games.

One game without JT Lindsey is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

penalty yards a game over expected

The games

with JT Lindseywithout JT Lindsey
Ole Miss’ games, last 25 games, each marked with JT Lindsey or without JT Lindsey
SideDateGameResultpenalty yardsExpected
Nov 29, 2024vsMississippi StateW4065.9
Jan 2, 2025vsDuke (neutral)W4568.6
Aug 30, 2025vsGeorgia StateW5156.0
Sep 6, 2025@KentuckyW8652.8
Sep 13, 2025vsArkansasW6349.9
Sep 20, 2025vsTulaneW3554.7
Sep 27, 2025vsLSUW10951.9
Oct 11, 2025vsWashington StateW9956.0
Oct 18, 2025@GeorgiaL4053.6
Oct 25, 2025@OklahomaW5047.6
Nov 1, 2025vsSouth CarolinaW6054.0
Nov 8, 2025vsThe CitadelW24—
Nov 15, 2025vsFloridaW3249.5
Nov 28, 2025@Mississippi StateW5064.2
Dec 20, 2025vsTulaneW556.9
Jan 1, 2026vsGeorgia (neutral)W4852.0
Jan 8, 2026vsMiami (FL) (neutral)L3448.2
Sep 6, 2026vsLouisville (neutral)W6061.8
Sep 12, 2026vsCharlotteW5262.8
Sep 19, 2026vsLSUW7754.7
Sep 26, 2026@FloridaL6956.7
Oct 10, 2026@VanderbiltW7057.2
Oct 17, 2026vsMissouriW5563.9
Oct 24, 2026@TexasL5857.7
Oct 31, 2026vsAuburnW9558.5

Method

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  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 1.3 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 27% of the difference the model predicts.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with JT Lindsey nor without JT Lindsey: JT Lindsey had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.