Putting Up Numbers· college football

Tulane’s carries with Kadin Semonza and since Kadin Semonza’s last game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Tulane was 1.0 carries under with Kadin Semonza and 2.4 carries under since Kadin Semonza’s last game over its last 25 games, 5 games against 3. The plain averages are 31.4 and 31.0, a difference of 0.4. Expected was 1.0 carries lower with Kadin Semonza than since Kadin Semonza’s last game. All 4 nonconference games were with Kadin Semonza.

Kadin Semonza, quarterback: 804 passing yards, 119 pass attempts and 64 completions in 5 of those 25 games, 20% of Tulane’s carries in those games.

3 games since Kadin Semonza’s last game is still too small a sample for the statistics to say much, but maybe you can find something if you squint.

carries a game over expected

A +1.4 difference in carries over expected with Kadin Semonza vs since Kadin Semonza’s last game is about what you’d expect.

A +0.4 difference in carries with Kadin Semonza vs since Kadin Semonza’s last game is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Kadin Semonzasince Kadin Semonza’s last game
Tulane’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Kadin Semonza or since Kadin Semonza’s last game
SideDateGameResultcarriesExpected
Nov 28, 2024vsMemphisL1835.9
Dec 6, 2024@ArmyL2931.3
Dec 20, 2024vsFlorida (neutral)L2742.5
Aug 30, 2025vsNorthwesternW4032.3
Sep 6, 2025@South AlabamaW4534.5
Sep 13, 2025vsDukeW3534.4
Sep 20, 2025@Ole MissL3934.5
Sep 27, 2025@TulsaW4239.8
Oct 9, 2025vsEast CarolinaW2535.6
Oct 18, 2025vsArmyW2929.5
Oct 30, 2025@UTSAL2533.2
Nov 7, 2025@MemphisW2934.3
Nov 15, 2025vsFlorida AtlanticW3541.3
Nov 22, 2025@TempleW3836.8
Nov 29, 2025vsCharlotteW3538.7
Dec 5, 2025vsNorth TexasW5038.9
Dec 20, 2025@Ole MissL3435.1
Sep 5, 2026@DukeL2632.4
Sep 12, 2026vsSouth AlabamaW2630.8
Sep 19, 2026@Kansas StateL3331.2
Sep 26, 2026vsSouthern MissW4639.9
Oct 10, 2026@ArmyL2627.7
Oct 16, 2026vsMemphisW3733.1
Oct 24, 2026vsUTSAL2234.7
Oct 30, 2026@CharlotteW3432.2

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 0.6 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 61% 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.
  • 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.
  • 17 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Kadin Semonza nor since Kadin Semonza’s last game: Kadin Semonza had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.