Putting Up Numbers· college football

Troy’s penalty yards with Tucker Kilcrease and without Tucker Kilcrease

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Troy was 18.1 yards under with Tucker Kilcrease and 6.9 yards over without Tucker Kilcrease in 2026, 1 game against 6. The plain averages are 44.0 and 71.7, a difference of 27.7. All 4 home games were without Tucker Kilcrease. All 5 day games were without Tucker Kilcrease. All 4 nonconference games were without Tucker Kilcrease.

Tucker Kilcrease, quarterback: 252 passing yards, 46 pass attempts and 23 completions in 4 games this season.

One game with Tucker Kilcrease is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

penalty yards a game over expected

The games

with Tucker Kilcreasewithout Tucker Kilcrease
Troy’s games, 2026, each marked with Tucker Kilcrease or without Tucker Kilcrease
SideDateGameResultpenalty yardsExpected
Sep 5, 2026vsSam HoustonW5555.0
Sep 12, 2026vsAAlabama StateW120—
Sep 19, 2026@MissouriL6059.9
Sep 26, 2026@Utah StateL7555.0
Oct 6, 2026vsSouthern MissW8757.7
Oct 17, 2026@LouisianaL5560.5
Oct 24, 2026vsLouisiana MonroeL5052.7
Oct 29, 2026@James MadisonW4462.1

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every 2026 game between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, minus 1.3 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 27% of the difference the model predicts.
  • Alabama State has no other game in the table, so that game has no expected number and sits 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.