Whose comment section wins?
Pick any two fanbases and compare what their comment sections say, stat for stat.
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.
Fan Score
Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)
Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)
Positive share
Share of all comments that are positive
Share of all comments that are positive
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.
Negativity
Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Toxicity
Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)
Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)
Explicit language
Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Identity-based abuse, tag by tag
Tag applications per 1,000 comments
Arizona State left, Mississippi 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.
What they talk about
Three topic groups where neither direction is better, just louder. These rows describe a comment section instead of scoring it.
Betting talk
Sports-betting comments per 1,000
Sports-betting comments per 1,000
Team & front office talk
Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday
Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday
NIL & portal talk
NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap
NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap
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
| Week of | Arizona State result | Arizona State positive share | Arizona State negative share | Mississippi State result | Mississippi State positive share | Mississippi State negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | – | 75.9% | 11.3% | – | 76% | 17.1% |
| 2025-08-30 | W | 33.2% | 52.2% | W | 66.3% | 23.4% |
| 2025-09-06 | L | 23.3% | 67.3% | W | 70.8% | 18.8% |
| 2025-09-13 | W | 54.3% | 37.2% | W | 64.1% | 19.1% |
| 2025-09-20 | W W | 63% | 27.3% | W | 72.6% | 15.2% |
| 2025-09-27 | – | 62.4% | 24.8% | L | 65.5% | 24.9% |
| 2025-10-04 | – | 65.3% | 21.7% | L | 52.2% | 39.1% |
| 2025-10-11 | L | 31.2% | 58.7% | – | 80.1% | 10% |
| 2025-10-18 | W | 69.7% | 20.5% | L | 26.2% | 65.6% |
| 2025-10-25 | L | 33.9% | 55.4% | L | 22.5% | 69.5% |
| 2025-11-01 | W | 76.3% | 16.9% | W | 64.4% | 26.2% |
| 2025-11-08 | – | 79.8% | 10.6% | L | 50.1% | 40.2% |
| 2025-11-15 | W | 69.9% | 19.8% | L | 32.6% | 60.9% |
| 2025-11-22 | W L | 60.4% | 28.2% | L | 52.8% | 31.9% |
| 2025-11-29 | – | 29.8% | 59.7% | – | 70.3% | 21.5% |
| 2025-12-06 | – | 60% | 20.7% | – | 67.3% | 18.6% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 69.4% | 25% | – | 83.6% | 11.7% |
| 2025-12-20 | – | 76.1% | 14.7% | – | 90.2% | 4.3% |
| 2025-12-27 | L | 47.2% | 44.6% | L | 72.5% | 15.8% |
| 2026-01-03 | – | 73.8% | 14.3% | – | 43.4% | 47.4% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 68.5% | 9.3% | – | 77.4% | 10.9% |
| 2026-01-17 | – | 50.9% | 24.1% | – | 84.4% | 11.1% |
“Glad I was part of the capacity crowd cheering ASU on that night. Drove straight through from Amarillo Texas just to see the game.”
“I hope ESPN does not screw the game up this week.”
“ASU players will hear cowbells ringing in their sleep for the rest of eternity! #HailState”
“Nothing like Night Games in Davis Wade!!!🏈✨🐶 HAILSTATE”
Fingerprint duel
Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.
- Arizona State Harm: 83rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Arizona State Identity-Based Abuse: 87th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Arizona State Explicit Language: 82nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Arizona State College Sports: 13th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Arizona State Off-Field Storylines: 100th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Arizona State Sports Betting: 49th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Arizona State Team & Front Office: 39th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Mississippi State Harm: 69th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Mississippi State Identity-Based Abuse: 43rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Mississippi State Explicit Language: 58th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Mississippi State College Sports: 26th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Mississippi State Off-Field Storylines: 49th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Mississippi State Sports Betting: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Mississippi State Team & Front Office: 76th 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. Arizona State's positive share was higher in 8 of 22 shared weeks, Mississippi State's in 14.
| Week of | ASU | MSST | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 75.9% | 76% | 616 |
| 2025-08-30 | 33.2% | 66.3% | 2,700 |
| 2025-09-06 | 23.3% | 70.8% | 4,713 |
| 2025-09-13 | 54.3% | 64.1% | 1,941 |
| 2025-09-20 | 63% | 72.6% | 2,795 |
| 2025-09-27 | 62.4% | 65.5% | 3,088 |
| 2025-10-04 | 65.3% | 52.2% | 2,124 |
| 2025-10-11 | 31.2% | 80.1% | 1,612 |
| 2025-10-18 | 69.7% | 26.2% | 3,669 |
| 2025-10-25 | 33.9% | 22.5% | 3,236 |
| 2025-11-01 | 76.3% | 64.4% | 3,695 |
| 2025-11-08 | 79.8% | 50.1% | 1,703 |
| 2025-11-15 | 69.9% | 32.6% | 2,278 |
| 2025-11-22 | 60.4% | 52.8% | 2,312 |
| 2025-11-29 | 29.8% | 70.3% | 2,887 |
| 2025-12-06 | 60% | 67.3% | 1,693 |
| 2025-12-13 | 69.4% | 83.6% | 310 |
| 2025-12-20 | 76.1% | 90.2% | 272 |
| 2025-12-27 | 47.2% | 72.5% | 1,590 |
| 2026-01-03 | 73.8% | 43.4% | 1,821 |
| 2026-01-10 | 68.5% | 77.4% | 347 |
| 2026-01-17 | 50.9% | 84.4% | 247 |