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
Texas Tech
Red Raiders
BAY sentiment · 8,814 comments
Positive60.7%
Neutral6.6%
Negative31%
Mixed1.7%
TTU sentiment · 54,597 comments
Positive72.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative18%
Mixed1%
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
Texas Tech

Fan Score

606.5
(better)723.4

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

60.7%
(better)72.3%

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
Texas Tech

Negativity

310.3
(better)179.9

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

18.6
(better)18.3

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

Explicit language

2.6 (better)
3.9

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Baylor left, Texas Tech 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
Texas Tech

Betting talk

1.7
1.7

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

154.4
69

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

NIL & portal talk

7.7
3.6

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, Texas Tech down
Baylor positive ↑Texas Tech positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
Baylor had the happier comment section in 6 of 22 shared weeks, Texas Tech in 16.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Baylor and Texas Tech
Week ofBaylor resultBaylor positive shareBaylor negative shareTexas Tech resultTexas Tech positive shareTexas Tech negative share
2025-08-23L88.9%1.9%69%14.2%
2025-08-3042.9%44.8%W53.3%25.7%
2025-09-06W75.7%16.8%W68.2%17.4%
2025-09-13W73.1%15.9%W77.7%9.2%
2025-09-20L47.6%42.8%W73%17.4%
2025-09-27W73%21.6%71.1%13.8%
2025-10-04W64.9%25.1%W57.6%31.5%
2025-10-1191.7%6.3%W74.5%14.7%
2025-10-18L37.3%52.3%L46.7%42.7%
2025-10-25L30.8%58.8%W70.2%17.5%
2025-11-01W83.7%10.5%W68.8%16.4%
2025-11-0876.1%15.8%W73%16.5%
2025-11-15L35.4%53.7%W80.9%9%
2025-11-22L40.2%53.2%80.9%9.1%
2025-11-29L66.2%27.7%W85.6%7.8%
2025-12-0670.8%23.1%W85.3%8.1%
2025-12-1367%25%91.1%4.7%
2025-12-2078.8%15.4%79.1%13%
2025-12-2754.1%40.5%L57.1%33.9%
2026-01-0350%50%77.3%17.2%
2026-01-1084.4%7.8%90.5%5.5%
2026-01-1777.5%14.2%78.2%12.2%

Fingerprint duel

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

BaylorTexas Tech
Harm · BAY +4 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · TTU +9 ptsExplicit Language · Low volumeCollege Sports · BAY +28 ptsOff-Field Storylines · BAY +63 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · BAY +66 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
  • Texas Tech Harm: 23rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Texas Tech Identity-Based Abuse: 13th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Texas Tech Explicit Language: 3rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Texas Tech College Sports: 16th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Texas Tech Off-Field Storylines: 26th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Texas Tech Sports Betting: 6th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Texas Tech Team & Front Office: 5th 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 7 of 22 shared weeks, Texas Tech's in 15.

BAYTTU
0%46%92%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: BAY, TTU
Week ofBAYTTUComments
2025-08-2388.9%69%555
2025-08-3042.9%53.3%1,860
2025-09-0675.7%68.2%2,147
2025-09-1373.1%77.7%1,848
2025-09-2047.6%73%2,508
2025-09-2773%71.1%1,226
2025-10-0464.9%57.6%3,693
2025-10-1191.7%74.5%2,513
2025-10-1837.3%46.7%2,788
2025-10-2530.8%70.2%2,249
2025-11-0183.7%68.8%4,052
2025-11-0876.1%73%4,022
2025-11-1535.4%80.9%2,291
2025-11-2240.2%80.9%2,441
2025-11-2966.2%85.6%5,792
2025-12-0670.8%85.3%8,501
2025-12-1367%91.1%1,690
2025-12-2078.8%79.1%1,102
2025-12-2754.1%57.1%8,884
2026-01-0350%77.3%1,051
2026-01-1084.4%90.5%974
2026-01-1777.5%78.2%1,224
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