Putting Up Numbers· college football

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

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, South Alabama was 3.2 points over with Jared Hollins and 0.5 points under without Jared Hollins over its last 25 games, 6 games against 12. The plain averages are 33.8 and 27.2, a difference of 6.6. 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 a game over expected

A +3.6 difference in points over expected with Jared Hollins vs without Jared Hollins is about what you’d expect.

A +6.6 difference in points 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
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Nov 2, 2024vsGeorgia SouthernL3029.1
Nov 16, 2024@LouisianaW2426.2
Nov 23, 2024@Southern MissW3536.3
Nov 29, 2024vsTexas StateL3826.3
Dec 14, 2024vsWestern Michigan (neutral)W3032.6
Aug 30, 2025vsMMorgan StateW38—
Sep 6, 2025vsTulaneL3117.1
Sep 13, 2025@AuburnL1511.5
Sep 20, 2025vsCoastal CarolinaL2034.7
Sep 27, 2025@North TexasL2225.0
Oct 4, 2025@TroyL2421.1
Oct 14, 2025vsArkansas StateL1428.6
Oct 23, 2025@Georgia StateW3828.7
Nov 1, 2025vsLouisianaL2230.9
Nov 15, 2025@Louisiana MonroeW2630.0
Nov 22, 2025vsSouthern MissW4225.7
Nov 29, 2025@Texas StateL2628.1
Sep 5, 2026vsSS E LouisianaW39—
Sep 12, 2026@TulaneL2427.9
Sep 19, 2026vsOhioW4132.8
Sep 26, 2026@KentuckyL2122.3
Oct 3, 2026vsLouisiana MonroeW5235.2
Oct 8, 2026@Arkansas StateW5625.8
Oct 20, 2026@MarshallL1337.7
Oct 31, 2026vsLouisiana TechL2030.2

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, plus 1.5 in 2025, plus 1.9 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.