Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

MAC
Akron
Zips
vs
MAC
Ball State
Cardinals
On the field
Ball State won 4228 on Oct 18.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
AKR sentiment · 1,038 comments
Positive62.2%
Neutral10.2%
Negative27.1%
Mixed0.5%
BALL sentiment · 818 comments
Positive73.7%
Neutral7.3%
Negative17.6%
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.

Akron
Ball State

Fan Score

622.4
(better)737.2

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

62.2%
(better)73.7%

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.

Akron
Ball State

Negativity

270.7
(better)176

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

13.5 (better)
20.8

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

Explicit language

7.7 (better)
20.8

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Akron left, Ball State 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.

Akron
Ball State

Betting talk

1.9
7.3

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

79
44

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

NIL & portal talk

12.5
2.4

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: Akron up, Ball State down
Akron positive ↑Ball State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
AKR 28BALL 42
Akron had the happier comment section in 7 of 20 shared weeks, Ball State in 11. When they met on Oct 18, Ball State won 42–28; Ball State’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Akron and Ball State
Week ofAkron resultAkron positive shareAkron negative shareBall State resultBall State positive shareBall State negative share
2025-08-23L23.6%62.3%86.2%6.9%
2025-08-3048.1%40.7%L60.5%25%
2025-09-06L32.2%54.8%L80.4%11.6%
2025-09-13L63.6%33.3%W86.4%5.7%
2025-09-20W79.5%8.9%L54.8%32.3%
2025-09-27L34.8%58%75%25%
2025-10-04W76.7%8.9%W79.2%11.3%
2025-10-11L66.7%33.3%L75.9%17.2%
2025-10-18L68.8%9.4%W78.4%9.8%
2025-10-25W82.9%6.1%L39.1%43.5%
2025-11-01W84.9%9.6%W50%42.6%
2025-11-08L53%34.9%60.7%35.7%
2025-11-15W83.7%14%L61.3%22.6%
2025-11-22100%0%L73.7%21.1%
2025-11-2993.9%0%L71.9%28.1%
2025-12-06100%0%94.1%0%
2025-12-13100%0%100%0%
2025-12-20100%0%100%0%
2025-12-2766.7%16.7%
2026-01-0366.7%16.7%100%0%
2026-01-1066.7%6.7%100%0%
2026-01-1766.7%11.1%
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Fingerprint duel

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

AkronBall State
Harm · Low volumeIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · Low volumeCollege Sports · Low volumeOff-Field Storylines · Low volumeSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · Low volume
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.
  • Akron Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Akron Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Akron Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Akron College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Akron Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • Akron Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Akron Team & Front Office: low volume, not ranked
  • Ball State Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Ball State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Ball State Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Ball State College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Ball State Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • Ball State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Ball State Team & Front Office: low volume, not ranked

The season, felt twice

Weekly positive share for both comment sections on one axis; hover shows the week's combined comment volume. Akron's positive share was higher in 7 of 20 shared weeks, Ball State's in 11.

AKRBALL
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: AKR, BALL
Week ofAKRBALLComments
2025-08-2323.6%86.2%164
2025-08-3048.1%60.5%103
2025-09-0632.2%80.4%227
2025-09-1363.6%86.4%121
2025-09-2079.5%54.8%143
2025-09-2734.8%75%81
2025-10-0476.7%79.2%196
2025-10-1166.7%75.9%85
2025-10-1868.8%78.4%83
2025-10-2582.9%39.1%105
2025-11-0184.9%50%127
2025-11-0853%60.7%111
2025-11-1583.7%61.3%117
2025-11-22100%73.7%21
2025-11-2993.9%71.9%65
2025-12-06100%94.1%22
2025-12-13100%100%4
2025-12-20100%100%11
2025-12-2766.7%0%6
2026-01-0366.7%100%29
2026-01-1066.7%100%17
2026-01-1766.7%0%18
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