Putting Up Numbers· college football

Washington State’s points allowed with Tony Freeman and without Tony Freeman

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Washington State was 0.2 points under with Tony Freeman and 3.0 points over without Tony Freeman over its last 25 games, 14 games against 9. The plain averages are 22.6 and 27.9, a difference of 5.3. Both neutral-site games were with Tony Freeman. Both games after a bye were with Tony Freeman. Both bowl and playoff games were with Tony Freeman.

Tony Freeman, receiver: 590 receiving yards, 54 receptions and 3 receiving touchdowns in 14 of those 25 games.

points allowed a game over expected

A −3.2 difference in points allowed over expected with Tony Freeman vs without Tony Freeman is about what you’d expect.

A −5.3 difference in points allowed with Tony Freeman vs without Tony Freeman is about what you’d expect.

The games

with Tony Freemanwithout Tony Freeman
Washington State’s games, last 25 games, each marked with Tony Freeman or without Tony Freeman
SideDateGameResultpoints allowedExpected
Nov 23, 2024@Oregon StateL4125.0
Nov 30, 2024vsWyomingL1521.6
Dec 27, 2024vsSyracuse (neutral)L5234.0
Aug 30, 2025vsIdahoW10—
Sep 6, 2025vsSan Diego StateW1317.7
Sep 13, 2025@North TexasL5932.1
Sep 20, 2025vsWashingtonL5922.1
Sep 27, 2025@Colorado StateW318.3
Oct 11, 2025@Ole MissL2435.7
Oct 18, 2025@VirginiaL2224.9
Oct 25, 2025vsToledoW720.9
Nov 1, 2025@Oregon StateL1014.9
Nov 15, 2025vsLouisiana TechW317.7
Nov 22, 2025@James MadisonL2427.6
Nov 29, 2025vsOregon StateW812.3
Dec 22, 2025vsUtah State (neutral)W2122.4
Sep 6, 2026@WashingtonL2431.4
Sep 12, 2026@Kansas StateL3428.7
Sep 19, 2026vsDuquesneW7—
Sep 26, 2026vsArizonaL3431.0
Oct 3, 2026vsFresno StateL2624.6
Oct 9, 2026@Utah StateL1721.6
Oct 17, 2026@Oregon StateL4832.0
Oct 24, 2026vsBoise StateL3136.0
Oct 31, 2026@San Diego StateL2624.6

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 1.5 in 2024, minus 1.5 in 2025, minus 1.9 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 75% in 2024, 78% in 2025, 66% 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.
  • Idaho, Duquesne have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.
  • Who played is read from the schools’ box scores’ participation lists for 17 of these 25 games; in the other 8 a player is counted as in them when the box score has a stat for him.