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 left, BYU 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 result | Arizona positive share | Arizona negative share | BYU result | BYU positive share | BYU negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | – | 71.4% | 24.5% | – | 67.9% | 19.7% |
| 2025-08-30 | W | 76.6% | 12.6% | W | 51.6% | 34.8% |
| 2025-09-06 | W W | 59.6% | 24% | W | 47.5% | 40.7% |
| 2025-09-13 | – | 68.6% | 20.6% | – | 65.2% | 28% |
| 2025-09-20 | – | 66.3% | 17.4% | W | 64.3% | 26.3% |
| 2025-09-27 | L | 34.1% | 54.7% | W W | 59% | 30.1% |
| 2025-10-04 | W | 65.2% | 23.2% | – | 51.2% | 35.3% |
| 2025-10-11 | L | 33.3% | 55.8% | W | 54.1% | 33.4% |
| 2025-10-18 | L | 33.1% | 56.4% | W | 62.7% | 25.2% |
| 2025-10-25 | – | 87.7% | 9.2% | W | 63.1% | 25.1% |
| 2025-11-01 | W | 78.7% | 13.2% | – | 65.2% | 22.4% |
| 2025-11-08 | W | 77.6% | 12.7% | L | 46.2% | 41.3% |
| 2025-11-15 | W | 77.3% | 12.3% | W | 59.1% | 26.9% |
| 2025-11-22 | W W | 78.4% | 13.5% | W | 64.5% | 25.3% |
| 2025-11-29 | – | 75.6% | 16.5% | W | 66.1% | 25.2% |
| 2025-12-06 | – | 71.3% | 16.8% | L | 48.4% | 42% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 87.1% | 7.2% | – | 75.5% | 15.3% |
| 2025-12-20 | – | 88.5% | 7.7% | – | 50.4% | 31.6% |
| 2025-12-27 | L | 89.7% | 4.4% | W | 72.8% | 19% |
| 2026-01-03 | – | 29.6% | 58.5% | – | 67.8% | 14.9% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 86.9% | 7.3% | – | 75.6% | 10.3% |
| 2026-01-17 | – | 66.9% | 16.2% | – | 37.5% | 40.5% |
“Just wait…..it will change to fall down Arizona! Fall down red blue! Trip, fall,drop that ball! Arizona fall down! GO DEVILS FORK-EM”
“Get the right cleats coach and don't worry, rain or shine I'll be there!!!”
“That was not a great effort gentlemen, Utah looked much better when they beat them just saying😂😂😂😂😂😂”
“I spent a little time with her and Tanner on the BYU cruise last year and she's one of the nicest people with this really positive energy. Mic'ing her up was a fantastic idea!”
Fingerprint duel
Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.
- Arizona Harm: 58th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Arizona Identity-Based Abuse: 64th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Arizona Explicit Language: 67th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Arizona College Sports: 20th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Arizona Off-Field Storylines: 50th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Arizona Sports Betting: 14th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Arizona Team & Front Office: 26th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- BYU Harm: 49th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- BYU Identity-Based Abuse: 84th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- BYU Explicit Language: 8th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- BYU College Sports: 21st percentile of ranked FBS teams
- BYU Off-Field Storylines: 96th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- BYU Sports Betting: 60th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- BYU Team & Front Office: 73rd 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's positive share was higher in 18 of 22 shared weeks, BYU's in 4.
| Week of | ARIZ | BYU | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 71.4% | 67.9% | 267 |
| 2025-08-30 | 76.6% | 51.6% | 1,469 |
| 2025-09-06 | 59.6% | 47.5% | 1,431 |
| 2025-09-13 | 68.6% | 65.2% | 735 |
| 2025-09-20 | 66.3% | 64.3% | 1,464 |
| 2025-09-27 | 34.1% | 59% | 2,365 |
| 2025-10-04 | 65.2% | 51.2% | 1,863 |
| 2025-10-11 | 33.3% | 54.1% | 3,630 |
| 2025-10-18 | 33.1% | 62.7% | 3,306 |
| 2025-10-25 | 87.7% | 63.1% | 2,687 |
| 2025-11-01 | 78.7% | 65.2% | 1,369 |
| 2025-11-08 | 77.6% | 46.2% | 3,154 |
| 2025-11-15 | 77.3% | 59.1% | 2,744 |
| 2025-11-22 | 78.4% | 64.5% | 3,146 |
| 2025-11-29 | 75.6% | 66.1% | 5,823 |
| 2025-12-06 | 71.3% | 48.4% | 3,400 |
| 2025-12-13 | 87.1% | 75.5% | 661 |
| 2025-12-20 | 88.5% | 50.4% | 789 |
| 2025-12-27 | 89.7% | 72.8% | 3,961 |
| 2026-01-03 | 29.6% | 67.8% | 1,633 |
| 2026-01-10 | 86.9% | 75.6% | 587 |
| 2026-01-17 | 66.9% | 37.5% | 451 |