Putting Up Numbers· college football

San Diego State’s pass attempts with Christian Washington and since Christian Washington’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, San Diego State was 2.5 pass attempts under with Christian Washington and 1.4 pass attempts under since Christian Washington’s last game over its last 25 games, 12 games against 8. The plain averages are 22.1 and 26.9, a difference of 4.7. Both opponents outside the major colleges were with Christian Washington. Both games after a bye were with Christian Washington.

Christian Washington, running back: 575 rushing yards, 100 carries and 7 receptions in 14 of those 25 games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A −1.1 difference in pass attempts over expected with Christian Washington vs since Christian Washington’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A −4.7 difference in pass attempts with Christian Washington vs since Christian Washington’s last game is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Christian Washington and it comes up 12 times in 100.

The games

with Christian Washingtonsince Christian Washington’s last game
San Diego State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Christian Washington or since Christian Washington’s last game
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 16, 2024@UNLVL2336.2
Nov 23, 2024@Utah StateL3631.0
Nov 30, 2024vsAir ForceL3326.2
Aug 28, 2025vsSStony BrookW29—
Sep 6, 2025@Washington StateL3020.8
Sep 20, 2025vsCaliforniaW1825.0
Sep 27, 2025@Northern IllinoisW2223.1
Oct 3, 2025vsColorado StateW1823.1
Oct 11, 2025@NevadaW1824.3
Oct 25, 2025@Fresno StateW1823.0
Nov 1, 2025vsWyomingW2223.7
Nov 8, 2025@HawaiiL2823.5
Nov 15, 2025vsBoise StateW1025.8
Nov 22, 2025vsSan Jose StateW1626.2
Nov 28, 2025@New MexicoL2425.7
Dec 27, 2025vsNorth Texas (neutral)L3625.3
Sep 5, 2026vsPPortland StateW21—
Sep 12, 2026@UCLAL1825.8
Sep 19, 2026vsJames MadisonL3330.7
Sep 26, 2026@ToledoL3728.5
Oct 3, 2026vsTexas StateW2336.4
Oct 10, 2026@Oregon StateL2726.6
Oct 17, 2026vsFresno StateW2230.4
Oct 24, 2026@Colorado StateL3321.0
Oct 31, 2026vsWashington StateW2226.8

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, 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 2025, 60% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • The two sides are the games before and after one date, so the shuffle moves any game between them.
  • Stony Brook, Portland 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 15 of these 22 games; in the other 7 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.
  • 3 games in 2024 are neither with Christian Washington nor since Christian Washington’s last game: Christian Washington had no game for the team that season, and sit out.