Putting Up Numbers· college football

South Alabama’s points allowed with Jared Hollins and without Jared Hollins

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, South Alabama was 4.4 points over with Jared Hollins and 0.6 points over without Jared Hollins over its last 25 games, 6 games against 12. The plain averages are 36.7 and 29.1, a difference of 7.6. 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.

points allowed a game over expected

A +3.7 difference in points allowed over expected with Jared Hollins vs without Jared Hollins is about what you’d expect.

A +7.6 difference in points allowed with Jared Hollins vs without Jared Hollins is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were with Jared Hollins and it comes up 14 times in 100.

The games

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South Alabama’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jared Hollins or without Jared Hollins
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Nov 2, 2024vsGeorgia SouthernL3424.7
Nov 16, 2024@LouisianaW2229.5
Nov 23, 2024@Southern MissW1417.7
Nov 29, 2024vsTexas StateL4528.9
Dec 14, 2024vsWestern Michigan (neutral)W2326.1
Aug 30, 2025vsMMorgan StateW21—
Sep 6, 2025vsTulaneL3330.8
Sep 13, 2025@AuburnL3135.1
Sep 20, 2025vsCoastal CarolinaL3825.0
Sep 27, 2025@North TexasL3650.1
Oct 4, 2025@TroyL3127.0
Oct 14, 2025vsArkansas StateL1526.0
Oct 23, 2025@Georgia StateW3124.5
Nov 1, 2025vsLouisianaL3125.9
Nov 15, 2025@Louisiana MonroeW1424.3
Nov 22, 2025vsSouthern MissW3526.3
Nov 29, 2025@Texas StateL4937.0
Sep 5, 2026vsSS E LouisianaW14—
Sep 12, 2026@TulaneL2832.3
Sep 19, 2026vsOhioW3628.7
Sep 26, 2026@KentuckyL4545.2
Oct 3, 2026vsLouisiana MonroeW3522.4
Oct 8, 2026@Arkansas StateW4930.9
Oct 20, 2026@MarshallL2033.2
Oct 31, 2026vsLouisiana TechL3533.3

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 2025, minus 1.8 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 78% in 2025, 66% 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.