Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

Pick any two fanbases and compare what their comment sections say, stat for stat.

Mountain West
Air Force
Falcons
vs
American
Navy
Midshipmen
On the field
Navy won 3431 on Oct 4.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
AFA sentiment · 2,980 comments
Positive61.2%
Neutral8.3%
Negative28.4%
Mixed2.2%
NAVY sentiment · 5,239 comments
Positive86.2%
Neutral5.4%
Negative7.1%
Mixed1.3%
Mood

Who is happier

Fan Score counts positive comments per 1,000, so a loud fanbase cannot buy its way up the board. Positive share tells the same story as a percentage of everything said.

Air Force
Navy

Fan Score

612.1
(better)862

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

61.2%
(better)86.2%

Share of all comments that are positive

Edge

Who is harsher

Negativity, toxicity and explicit language, every one of them per 1,000 comments so the two sides stay comparable whatever their volume.

Air Force
Navy

Negativity

283.6
(better)71

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

11.1
(better)6.3

Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)

Explicit language

3.7 (better)
7.3

Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Air Force left, Navy right. Tag applications per 1,000 comments, on the same scale across every row. Reported as rates only: this block never picks a winner.

Subject matter

What they talk about

Three topic groups where neither direction is better, just louder. These rows describe a comment section instead of scoring it.

Air Force
Navy

Betting talk

3.7
1.7

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

169.5
90.5

Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday

NIL & portal talk

13.4
1.3

NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap

Shape of the season

Week by week, side by side

The same season read twice: weekly mood for both comment sections, the weeks the two teams actually met, and where each fanbase lands nationally on the seven topic groups.

Rivalry pulse

Weekly comment shares: Air Force up, Navy down
Air Force positive ↑Navy positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
AFA 31NAVY 34
Air Force had the happier comment section in 2 of 18 shared weeks, Navy in 16. When they met on Oct 4, Navy won 34–31; Navy’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Air Force and Navy
Week ofAir Force resultAir Force positive shareAir Force negative shareNavy resultNavy positive shareNavy negative share
2025-08-2384.4%6.4%95%0%
2025-08-30W73.3%10.3%W60%40%
2025-09-0665.6%13.3%W80.9%9%
2025-09-13L75%16.7%W87%4.3%
2025-09-20L70.9%18.9%100%0%
2025-09-27L57.2%33.1%W83.5%5.8%
2025-10-04L55.8%35.8%W89.4%5.8%
2025-10-11L51.3%38.3%W89.8%5.9%
2025-10-18W86.8%5.7%90.2%7.3%
2025-10-2569.2%18.5%W90.8%2.9%
2025-11-01L38%51.5%L78.4%13.7%
2025-11-08W82.7%13%L69.1%15.5%
2025-11-15L46.3%46.3%W87.2%5.4%
2025-11-22L W45.2%43.2%W87.3%6.4%
2025-11-2956.4%30.8%87%7.1%
2025-12-0683.3%16.7%83.2%10%
2025-12-1365.7%17.1%W84.8%8.8%
2025-12-2042.9%57.1%69.6%13%
2025-12-27W86%8.6%
2026-01-0386.7%4.7%
2026-01-1075%0%
2026-01-17100%0%
Reactions from that night · Oct 4
Air Force

GO FALCONS, Sink the Midies!

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook

BIG GEORGE SAYS SINK EM EARN THE TROPHY!

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Navy

ROOSEVELT AVENGED PEARL HARBOUR ...YOU SANK!!

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook

Too close to the Air Farce Falcons!

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Fingerprint duel

Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.

Air ForceNavy
Harm · Low volumeIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · Low volumeCollege Sports · Low volumeOff-Field Storylines · AFA +27 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · AFA +63 pts
Each axis is the team's percentile among ranked FBS teams for that tag group; deltas are gaps in percentile points. Low-volume fanbases are excluded from each cohort.
  • Air Force Harm: 7th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Air Force Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Air Force Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Air Force College Sports: 63rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Air Force Off-Field Storylines: 28th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Air Force Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Air Force Team & Front Office: 81st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Navy Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Navy Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Navy Explicit Language: 16th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Navy College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Navy Off-Field Storylines: 1st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Navy Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Navy Team & Front Office: 18th percentile of ranked FBS teams

The season, felt twice

Weekly positive share for both comment sections on one axis; hover shows the week's combined comment volume. Air Force's positive share was higher in 3 of 18 shared weeks, Navy's in 15.

AFANAVY
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: AFA, NAVY
Week ofAFANAVYComments
2025-08-2384.4%95%129
2025-08-3073.3%60%267
2025-09-0665.6%80.9%289
2025-09-1375%87%191
2025-09-2070.9%100%150
2025-09-2757.2%83.5%417
2025-10-0455.8%89.4%655
2025-10-1151.3%89.8%1,006
2025-10-1886.8%90.2%215
2025-10-2569.2%90.8%411
2025-11-0138%78.4%456
2025-11-0882.7%69.1%305
2025-11-1546.3%87.2%636
2025-11-2245.2%87.3%1,000
2025-11-2956.4%87%409
2025-12-0683.3%83.2%381
2025-12-1365.7%84.8%868
2025-12-2042.9%69.6%30
2025-12-270%86%93
2026-01-030%86.7%301
2026-01-100%75%8
2026-01-170%100%2
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