Putting Up Numbers· college football

Texas Tech’s total yards with Cameron Dickey and without Cameron Dickey

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Texas Tech was 17.3 yards over with Cameron Dickey and 58.4 yards over without Cameron Dickey over its last 25 games, 19 games against 4. The plain averages are 452.0 and 502.8, a difference of 50.7. All 3 neutral-site games were with Cameron Dickey. All 4 night games were with Cameron Dickey. All 6 ranked opponents were with Cameron Dickey.

Cameron Dickey, running back: 1,474 rushing yards, 291 carries and 32 receptions in 21 of those 25 games.

total yards a game over expected

A −41.1 difference in total yards over expected with Cameron Dickey vs without Cameron Dickey is about what you’d expect.

A −50.7 difference in total yards with Cameron Dickey vs without Cameron Dickey is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Cameron Dickeywithout Cameron Dickey
Texas Tech’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Cameron Dickey or without Cameron Dickey
SideDateGameResulttotal yardsExpected
Nov 23, 2024@Oklahoma StateW541513.4
Nov 30, 2024vsWest VirginiaW568416.9
Dec 27, 2024vsArkansas (neutral)L497418.4
Aug 30, 2025vsAArkansas-Pine BluffW610—
Sep 6, 2025vsKent StateW604539.5
Sep 13, 2025vsOregon StateW601450.6
Sep 20, 2025@UtahW484417.4
Oct 4, 2025@HoustonW552415.5
Oct 11, 2025vsKansasW505463.4
Oct 18, 2025@Arizona StateL276410.0
Oct 25, 2025vsOklahoma StateW374485.9
Nov 1, 2025@Kansas StateW438438.4
Nov 8, 2025vsBYUW370414.4
Nov 15, 2025vsUCFW501414.1
Nov 29, 2025@West VirginiaW577449.3
Dec 6, 2025vsBYU (neutral)W377406.4
Jan 1, 2026vsOregon (neutral)L215367.1
Sep 5, 2026vsAAbilene ChristianW471—
Sep 12, 2026@Oregon StateW352426.5
Sep 18, 2026vsHoustonW428384.4
Sep 26, 2026vsSam HoustonW470425.5
Oct 3, 2026@ColoradoW315374.6
Oct 17, 2026vsArizona StateW502372.1
Oct 24, 2026@CincinnatiL400475.2
Oct 31, 2026vsArizonaW476382.8

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 6.1 in 2024, plus 7.7 in 2025, plus 12.1 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 79% in 2024, 79% in 2025, 67% in 2026 of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
  • Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Abilene Christian 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 22 of these 25 games; in the other 3 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.