Putting Up Numbers· college football

TCU’s points with Jon Denman and without Jon Denman

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, TCU was 1.0 points under with Jon Denman and 6.3 points over without Jon Denman over its last 25 games, 18 games against 1. The plain averages are 27.7 and 31.0, a difference of 3.3. All 8 away games were with Jon Denman. Both neutral-site games were with Jon Denman. All 7 night games were with Jon Denman.

Jon Denman, running back: 336 rushing yards, 97 carries and 5 receptions in 16 of those 25 games.

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

points a game over expected

The games

with Jon Denmanwithout Jon Denman
TCU’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jon Denman or without Jon Denman
SideDateGameResultpointsExpected
Nov 9, 2024vsOklahoma StateW3837.9
Nov 23, 2024vsArizonaW4933.7
Nov 30, 2024@CincinnatiW2027.4
Dec 28, 2024vsLouisiana (neutral)W3433.4
Sep 1, 2025@North CarolinaW4827.2
Sep 13, 2025vsAAbilene ChristianW42—
Sep 20, 2025vsSMUW3526.1
Sep 26, 2025@Arizona StateL2424.2
Oct 4, 2025vsColoradoW3533.9
Oct 11, 2025@Kansas StateL2827.3
Oct 18, 2025vsBaylorW4236.4
Oct 25, 2025@West VirginiaW2333.6
Nov 8, 2025vsIowa StateL1728.9
Nov 15, 2025@BYUL1323.5
Nov 22, 2025@HoustonW1731.5
Nov 29, 2025vsCincinnatiW4530.1
Dec 30, 2025vsUSC (neutral)W3024.6
Aug 29, 2026vsNorth Carolina (neutral)L1019.9
Sep 12, 2026vsGrambling StateW63—
Sep 19, 2026vsArkansas StateW3124.7
Sep 26, 2026@UCFL1319.6
Oct 3, 2026vsBYUL1016.4
Oct 17, 2026@BaylorW1712.2
Oct 24, 2026vsWest VirginiaL2030.6
Oct 31, 2026vsKansasW2220.4

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, 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.
  • Abilene Christian, Grambling 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, which name every player who entered the game.
  • 4 games in 2024 are neither with Jon Denman nor without Jon Denman: Jon Denman had no game for the team that season, and sit out.