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Expected points
YardLine's expected-points model values every snap by what a drive from that spot is worth on average, so a drive can be judged against where it started. How it works →
Drives vs. expectation, 2021
Points over expected per drive, from where each drive started.
Per drive against an average FBS opponent, neutral field.
Points over expected per trip inside the opponent's 40.
Average expected points where drives started.
Every snap has an expected-points value: what a drive from that spot, down and distance is worth on average. A drive over expected beat its starting spot; defense counts what Charleston Southern allowed, so lower is better. The adjusted number fits every team against the opponents it actually played, so it leans toward average early in a season.
Game by game
Bars above the line: better than expected for Charleston Southern.
Fourth downs
YardLine's fourth-down model values going for it, kicking and punting on every real fourth down, so each call can be checked against the numbers. How it works →
Fourth-down calls vs. the numbers, 2021
Calls that matched the option with the best modeled win probability.
Summed over every call that differed, in points of win probability.
Went for it when going beat every other option by a point or more.
Each real fourth down is valued three ways (go for it, kick, punt) from the score, clock and field position before the snap, using league-wide odds rather than Charleston Southern's own. A call that differs gives up the gap to the best option; gaps under one point are close calls, and the 0 clear-cut ones account for 0.00 of the 0.02 expected wins. The model sees the situation, not the injury report, so a call it disagrees with can still be right.
Costliest calls against the numbers
- at ECUQ4 3:58 4th & 6 at ECU 25, down 10Kicked a field goal; the numbers favored going for it (close call)−0.9 pts
- at ECUQ2 3:10 4th & 2 at ECU 34, down 3Kicked a field goal; the numbers favored going for it (close call)−0.8 pts
- at UGAQ4 10:38 4th & 1 at CHSO 39, down 49Punted; the numbers favored going for it (close call)−0.1 pts
- at UGAQ2 4:36 4th & 2 at CHSO 33, down 42Punted; the numbers favored going for it (close call)<0.1 pts
- at UGAQ4 4:02 4th & 5 at UGA 12, down 49Went for it; the numbers favored a field goal (close call)<0.1 pts
- at UGAQ2 12:04 4th & 10 at UGA 41, down 35Punted; the numbers favored going for it (close call)<0.1 pts
Every call this season (24)
- Q1 15:004th & 4 at ECU 24, tied · Went for itAgreed
- Q1 3:354th & 3 at ECU 36, up 14 · Went for itAgreed
- Q2 13:434th & 10 at ECU 12, up 14 · Kicked a field goalAgreed
- Q2 11:374th & 12 at CHSO 15, up 7 · PuntedAgreed
- Q2 6:564th & 6 at CHSO 22, up 4 · PuntedAgreed
- Q2 3:104th & 2 at ECU 34, down 3 · Kicked a field goalClose call
- Q2 0:314th & 26 at CHSO 47, down 10 · PuntedAgreed
- Q3 8:414th & 5 at CHSO 40, down 17 · PuntedAgreed
- Q3 5:164th & 16 at CHSO 26, down 17 · PuntedAgreed
- Q4 9:034th & 16 at CHSO 37, down 10 · PuntedAgreed
- Q4 3:584th & 6 at ECU 25, down 10 · Kicked a field goalClose call
- Q1 12:324th & 10 at CHSO 32, tied · PuntedAgreed
- Q1 6:284th & 22 at CHSO 25, down 7 · PuntedAgreed
- Q1 4:264th & 12 at CHSO 13, down 14 · PuntedAgreed
- Q1 2:184th & 21 at CHSO 14, down 21 · PuntedAgreed
- Q1 0:514th & 10 at CHSO 25, down 28 · PuntedAgreed
- Q2 12:044th & 10 at UGA 41, down 35 · PuntedClose call
- Q2 9:284th & 15 at CHSO 37, down 35 · PuntedAgreed
- Q2 4:364th & 2 at CHSO 33, down 42 · PuntedClose call
- Q3 13:294th & 6 at CHSO 29, down 49 · PuntedAgreed
- Q3 10:584th & 4 at CHSO 26, down 49 · PuntedAgreed
- Q3 0:004th & 26 at CHSO 20, down 49 · PuntedAgreed
- Q4 10:384th & 1 at CHSO 39, down 49 · PuntedClose call
- Q4 4:024th & 5 at UGA 12, down 49 · Went for itClose call
After touchdowns: kick or go for two?
Tries that matched the option with the better modeled win probability.
Summed over every try that differed, in points of win probability.
Went for two when it beat kicking by a point or more.
Costliest tries against the numbers
Win probability
YardLine's model estimates each team's chance of winning before kickoff and again after every play, from the score, clock, down, distance and field position. How it works →
Record vs. expectation, 2021
Expected wins adds up Charleston Southern's chance of winning each game as the model saw it at kickoff - a 70% favorite counts 0.7.
What moved it, 2021
Every game starts at Charleston Southern's pregame chance; everything after that is the field. The model's own breakdown of each game's final play splits the on-field part by what drove it, and the parts add up exactly. How it works →
- Scoreboard−0.10
- Possession & field position−0.01
- Timeouts−0.01
- Less the pregame edge, counted before kickoff+0.18
Game by game
- ECUL 28-31 at ECU5% → 11%Before kickoff −45 · On the field +6: Scoreboard −10, Possession & field position −1
- UGAL 7-56 at UGA0% → 0%Before kickoff −50 · On the field 0: Scoreboard −1
Points of win probability, from Charleston Southern's side.
Season arc, 2021
Every completed game this season, in order - each tile is Charleston Southern's own win-probability curve.
Biggest swings of 2021
The largest single-play change in Charleston Southern's win probability this season - one snap that moved the outcome the most.
Stolen wins
Charleston Southern's own lowest win probability at any point in a game it went on to win, across the whole archive - the deepest holes it climbed out of.
Let it slip
Charleston Southern's own highest win probability at any point in a game it went on to lose, across the whole archive - the biggest leads it didn't hold.
Stock & rivalries
Stock
Charleston Southern's leaguewide Elo rating, tracked like a stock price - built from game results and margins, not the model's own win-probability predictions.
Series & rivalries
Charleston Southern's most-played opponents across the whole archive - open one for the full head-to-head history.