Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Big 12
Baylor
Bears
vs
Big 12
Cincinnati
Bearcats
On the field
Cincinnati won 4120 on Oct 25.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
BAY sentiment · 8,814 comments
Positive60.7%
Neutral6.6%
Negative31%
Mixed1.7%
CIN sentiment · 12,753 comments
Positive53.5%
Neutral11.6%
Negative33%
Mixed1.8%
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.

Baylor
Cincinnati

Fan Score

606.5 (better)
535.4

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

60.7% (better)
53.5%

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.

Baylor
Cincinnati

Negativity

310.3 (better)
330.3

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

18.6 (better)
40.8

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

Explicit language

2.6 (better)
7.4

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.1Race0.4
1Gender1.3
0.2LGBTQIA+0.2
0.2Age0.6

Baylor left, Cincinnati 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.

Baylor
Cincinnati

Betting talk

1.7
2.3

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

154.4
126.8

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

NIL & portal talk

7.7
10.4

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: Baylor up, Cincinnati down
Baylor positive ↑Cincinnati positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
BAY 20CIN 41
Baylor had the happier comment section in 17 of 22 shared weeks, Cincinnati in 5. When they met on Oct 25, Cincinnati won 41–20; Cincinnati’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Baylor and Cincinnati
Week ofBaylor resultBaylor positive shareBaylor negative shareCincinnati resultCincinnati positive shareCincinnati negative share
2025-08-23L88.9%1.9%L40.8%41.8%
2025-08-3042.9%44.8%36.9%48.1%
2025-09-06W75.7%16.8%W68.9%23.3%
2025-09-13W73.1%15.9%W53.2%31.5%
2025-09-20L47.6%42.8%49.6%41.7%
2025-09-27W73%21.6%W73.5%12.6%
2025-10-04W64.9%25.1%W62.1%23.8%
2025-10-1191.7%6.3%W67.1%18.1%
2025-10-18L37.3%52.3%W70.1%9.6%
2025-10-25L30.8%58.8%W62.7%23.3%
2025-11-01W83.7%10.5%L47.8%41.2%
2025-11-0876.1%15.8%69.1%17.1%
2025-11-15L35.4%53.7%L34.9%56.1%
2025-11-22L40.2%53.2%L35.1%53.7%
2025-11-29L66.2%27.7%L28.5%61.5%
2025-12-0670.8%23.1%49.2%35.9%
2025-12-1367%25%62.4%20.8%
2025-12-2078.8%15.4%50.6%35.3%
2025-12-2754.1%40.5%L66.5%24.1%
2026-01-0350%50%22.2%67.9%
2026-01-1084.4%7.8%74.5%17.6%
2026-01-1777.5%14.2%44.4%33.3%
Reactions from that night · Oct 25
Baylor

Thanks for another embarrassing start DAVE!

negativeCoachingFacebook

Y’all seem to be forgetting that Aranda is a defensive guru 😏

positiveCoachingFacebook
Cincinnati

Never been a fan of all red, but the white helmets save the day. Really hoping this team makes me eat my words about Satterfield.

mixedCoachingFacebook

Moved to Colorado, dont like Cincinnati but Nippert and the Shoe will ALWAYS be home

positiveStadium ExperienceFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

BaylorCincinnati
Harm · CIN +41 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · CIN +52 ptsExplicit Language · Low volumeCollege Sports · CIN +13 ptsOff-Field Storylines · BAY +7 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · BAY +17 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.
  • Baylor Harm: 27th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Baylor Identity-Based Abuse: 4th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Baylor Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Baylor College Sports: 44th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Baylor Off-Field Storylines: 89th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Baylor Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Baylor Team & Front Office: 71st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Cincinnati Harm: 68th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Cincinnati Identity-Based Abuse: 56th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Cincinnati Explicit Language: 17th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Cincinnati College Sports: 57th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Cincinnati Off-Field Storylines: 82nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Cincinnati Sports Betting: 17th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Cincinnati Team & Front Office: 54th 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. Baylor's positive share was higher in 17 of 22 shared weeks, Cincinnati's in 5.

BAYCIN
0%46%92%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: BAY, CIN
Week ofBAYCINComments
2025-08-2388.9%40.8%1,286
2025-08-3042.9%36.9%844
2025-09-0675.7%68.9%1,453
2025-09-1373.1%53.2%673
2025-09-2047.6%49.6%638
2025-09-2773%73.5%1,182
2025-10-0464.9%62.1%1,916
2025-10-1191.7%67.1%858
2025-10-1837.3%70.1%1,467
2025-10-2530.8%62.7%1,927
2025-11-0183.7%47.8%1,434
2025-11-0876.1%69.1%472
2025-11-1535.4%34.9%998
2025-11-2240.2%35.1%1,565
2025-11-2966.2%28.5%1,848
2025-12-0670.8%49.2%602
2025-12-1367%62.4%266
2025-12-2078.8%50.6%208
2025-12-2754.1%66.5%530
2026-01-0350%22.2%525
2026-01-1084.4%74.5%406
2026-01-1777.5%44.4%469
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