Putting Up Numbers· college football

South Alabama’s penalty yards with Jared Hollins and without Jared Hollins

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, South Alabama was 6.2 yards over with Jared Hollins and 0.1 yards under without Jared Hollins over its last 25 games, 6 games against 12. The plain averages are 64.2 and 52.6, a difference of 11.5. Both opponents outside the major colleges were without Jared Hollins.

Jared Hollins, quarterback: 1,296 passing yards, 172 pass attempts and 94 completions in 11 of those 25 games.

penalty yards a game over expected

A +6.4 difference in penalty yards over expected with Jared Hollins vs without Jared Hollins is about what you’d expect.

A +11.5 difference in penalty yards with Jared Hollins vs without Jared Hollins is about what you’d expect.

The games

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South Alabama’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jared Hollins or without Jared Hollins
SideDateGameResultpenalty yardsExpected
Nov 2, 2024vsGeorgia SouthernL9970.1
Nov 16, 2024@LouisianaW6159.3
Nov 23, 2024@Southern MissW6960.8
Nov 29, 2024vsTexas StateL5955.6
Dec 14, 2024vsWestern Michigan (neutral)W7554.6
Aug 30, 2025vsMMorgan StateW50—
Sep 6, 2025vsTulaneL1052.4
Sep 13, 2025@AuburnL3553.6
Sep 20, 2025vsCoastal CarolinaL7051.7
Sep 27, 2025@North TexasL8050.2
Oct 4, 2025@TroyL4551.2
Oct 14, 2025vsArkansas StateL11557.0
Oct 23, 2025@Georgia StateW5552.8
Nov 1, 2025vsLouisianaL5254.2
Nov 15, 2025@Louisiana MonroeW5551.9
Nov 22, 2025vsSouthern MissW5258.6
Nov 29, 2025@Texas StateL2552.1
Sep 5, 2026vsSS E LouisianaW47—
Sep 12, 2026@TulaneL4656.0
Sep 19, 2026vsOhioW9152.8
Sep 26, 2026@KentuckyL5057.3
Oct 3, 2026vsLouisiana MonroeW2559.3
Oct 8, 2026@Arkansas StateW8954.5
Oct 20, 2026@MarshallL3060.6
Oct 31, 2026vsLouisiana TechL10063.2

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 2.1 in 2025, minus 1.3 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 45% in 2025, 27% 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.
  • Morgan State, S E Louisiana 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, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 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.
  • 5 games in 2024 are neither with Jared Hollins nor without Jared Hollins: Jared Hollins had no game for the team that season, and sit out.