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Tulane’s pass attempts with Jamauri McClure and without Jamauri McClure

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Tulane was 0.1 pass attempts over with Jamauri McClure and 0.7 pass attempts over without Jamauri McClure over its last 25 games, 17 games against 8. The plain averages are 30.4 and 28.8, a difference of 1.7. Expected was 2.3 pass attempts higher with Jamauri McClure than without Jamauri McClure. Both bowl and playoff games were with Jamauri McClure.

Jamauri McClure, running back: 590 rushing yards, 99 carries and 3 receptions in 14 of those 25 games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A −0.7 difference in pass attempts over expected with Jamauri McClure vs without Jamauri McClure is about what you’d expect.

A +1.7 difference in pass attempts with Jamauri McClure vs without Jamauri McClure is about what you’d expect.

The games

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Tulane’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Jamauri McClure or without Jamauri McClure
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 28, 2024vsMemphisL3326.9
Dec 6, 2024@ArmyL2524.4
Dec 20, 2024vsFlorida (neutral)L3025.2
Aug 30, 2025vsNorthwesternW3127.5
Sep 6, 2025@South AlabamaW2727.8
Sep 13, 2025vsDukeW2532.4
Sep 20, 2025@Ole MissL2931.9
Sep 27, 2025@TulsaW3229.5
Oct 9, 2025vsEast CarolinaW3732.7
Oct 18, 2025vsArmyW2927.2
Oct 30, 2025@UTSAL3630.5
Nov 7, 2025@MemphisW2431.2
Nov 15, 2025vsFlorida AtlanticW2730.2
Nov 22, 2025@TempleW2928.9
Nov 29, 2025vsCharlotteW3932.1
Dec 5, 2025vsNorth TexasW2233.0
Dec 20, 2025@Ole MissL3731.0
Sep 5, 2026@DukeL3028.1
Sep 12, 2026vsSouth AlabamaW2231.7
Sep 19, 2026@Kansas StateL2624.4
Sep 26, 2026vsSouthern MissW2930.1
Oct 10, 2026@ArmyL2631.0
Oct 16, 2026vsMemphisW2230.4
Oct 24, 2026vsUTSAL4431.0
Oct 30, 2026@CharlotteW3631.4

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, minus 0.4 in 2024, minus 0.3 in 2025, minus 0.1 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 73% in 2024, 73% in 2025, 60% 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.
  • 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.