Putting Up Numbers· college football

Troy’s rushing yards with Goose Crowder and since Goose Crowder’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Troy was 13.7 yards over with Goose Crowder and 19.9 yards over since Goose Crowder’s last game in 2026, 6 games against 1. The plain averages are 197.6 and 170.0, a difference of 27.6. Expected was 28.8 yards higher with Goose Crowder than since Goose Crowder’s last game. All 4 home games were with Goose Crowder. All 5 day games were with Goose Crowder. All 4 nonconference games were with Goose Crowder.

Goose Crowder, quarterback: 1,162 passing yards, 183 pass attempts and 102 completions in 7 games this season, 19% of Troy’s rushing yards in those games.

One game since Goose Crowder’s last game is one game, not a sample, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

rushing yards a game over expected

The games

with Goose Crowdersince Goose Crowder’s last game
Troy’s games, 2026, each marked with Goose Crowder or since Goose Crowder’s last game
SideDateGameResultrushing yardsExpected
Sep 5, 2026vsSam HoustonW178211.2
Sep 12, 2026vsAAlabama StateW227—
Sep 19, 2026@MissouriL93106.1
Sep 26, 2026@Utah StateL169123.8
Oct 6, 2026vsSouthern MissW437197.4
Oct 17, 2026@LouisianaL126182.8
Oct 24, 2026vsLouisiana MonroeL153252.4
Oct 29, 2026@James MadisonW170150.1

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, plus 8.0 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 60% 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.