Putting Up Numbers· college football

Virginia’s pass attempts with Solomon Beebe and without Solomon Beebe

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Virginia was 1.7 pass attempts under with Solomon Beebe and 0.2 pass attempts over without Solomon Beebe over its last 25 games, 4 games against 4. The plain averages are 27.5 and 28.6, a difference of 1.1. 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 of those 25 games.

pass attempts a game over expected

A −1.9 difference in pass attempts over expected with Solomon Beebe vs without Solomon Beebe is about what you’d expect.

A −1.1 difference in pass attempts with Solomon Beebe vs without Solomon Beebe is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Solomon Beebewithout Solomon Beebe
Virginia’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Solomon Beebe or without Solomon Beebe
SideDateGameResultpass attemptsExpected
Nov 23, 2024vsSMUL2735.3
Nov 30, 2024@Virginia TechL3630.6
Aug 30, 2025vsCoastal CarolinaW3635.2
Sep 6, 2025@NC StateL4337.7
Sep 13, 2025vsWilliam & MaryW35—
Sep 20, 2025vsStanfordW3236.8
Sep 26, 2025vsFlorida StateW3630.7
Oct 4, 2025@LouisvilleW3135.3
Oct 18, 2025vsWashington StateW2531.0
Oct 25, 2025@North CarolinaW3533.6
Nov 1, 2025@CaliforniaW3632.8
Nov 8, 2025vsWake ForestL3435.5
Nov 15, 2025@DukeW3535.1
Nov 29, 2025vsVirginia TechW3631.9
Dec 6, 2025vsDuke (neutral)L4034.3
Dec 27, 2025vsMissouri (neutral)W3831.8
Aug 29, 2026vsNC StateW1132.6
Sep 11, 2026vsNNorfolk StateW24—
Sep 19, 2026vsWest Virginia (neutral)L3329.2
Sep 26, 2026vsDelawareW4327.5
Oct 3, 2026@Florida StateL3228.8
Oct 10, 2026vsSyracuseW1930.7
Oct 17, 2026@SMUL2227.8
Oct 23, 2026vsDukeL2428.0
Oct 31, 2026@Wake ForestL4530.2

Method

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  • 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 0.1 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.
  • 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.
  • 16 games in 2024 and 2025 are neither with Solomon Beebe nor without Solomon Beebe: Solomon Beebe had no game for the team those seasons, and sit out.