Virginia’s carries with Solomon Beebe and without Solomon Beebe
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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Virginia was 3.1 carries under with Solomon Beebe and 6.2 carries over without Solomon Beebe in 2026, 4 games against 4. The plain averages are 34.3 and 42.0, a difference of 7.8. Both ranked opponents were with Solomon Beebe. Both games while ranked were without Solomon Beebe. All 3 nonconference games were without Solomon Beebe.
Solomon Beebe, running back: 9 rushing yards, 4 carries and 5 receptions in 3 games this season, 4% of Virginia’s carries in those games.
carries a game over expected
with Solomon Beebe
−3.1
without Solomon Beebe
+6.2
-20020
A −9.3 difference in carries over expected with Solomon Beebe vs without Solomon Beebe is about what you’d expect.
plain
34.3
42.0
20304050
A −7.8 difference in carries with Solomon Beebe vs without Solomon Beebe is about what you’d expect.
The games
with Solomon Beebewithout Solomon Beebe
| Side | Date | Game | Result | carries | Expected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 2026 | vs NC State | W | 57 | 33.6 | |
| Sep 11, 2026 | vsNNorfolk State | W | 36 | — | |
| Sep 19, 2026 | vs West Virginia (neutral) | L | 37 | 39.1 | |
| Sep 26, 2026 | vs Delaware | W | 41 | 38.6 | |
| Oct 3, 2026 | @ Florida State | L | 39 | 38.1 | |
| Oct 10, 2026 | vs Syracuse | W | 34 | 36.5 | |
| Oct 17, 2026 | @ SMU | L | 32 | 37.9 | |
| Oct 23, 2026 | vs Duke | L | 53 | 36.0 | |
| Oct 31, 2026 | @ Wake Forest | L | 18 | 39.0 |
Method
- 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.
- Norfolk 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 for 8 of these 9 games; in the other game a player is counted as in it when the box score has a stat for him.