Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Mountain West
Boise State
Broncos
vs
Mountain West
UNLV
Rebels
On the field
Boise State won 5631 on Oct 18.
Boise State won 3821 on Dec 5.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
BSU sentiment · 22,030 comments
Positive48.8%
Neutral15.4%
Negative33.8%
Mixed2.1%
UNLV sentiment · 6,260 comments
Positive64.4%
Neutral8.8%
Negative25%
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.

Boise State
UNLV

Fan Score

487.9
(better)644.1

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

48.8%
(better)64.4%

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.

Boise State
UNLV

Negativity

338.1
(better)250.2

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

45.7
(better)20.1

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

Explicit language

38.5
(better)29.7

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Boise State left, UNLV 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.

Boise State
UNLV

Betting talk

3.4
5.9

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

126.1
120.6

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

NIL & portal talk

8.8
5

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: Boise State up, UNLV down
Boise State positive ↑UNLV positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
BSU 56UNLV 31
BSU 38UNLV 21
Boise State had the happier comment section in 3 of 22 shared weeks, UNLV in 19. When they met on Oct 18, Boise State won 56–31; Boise State’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Boise State and UNLV
Week ofBoise State resultBoise State positive shareBoise State negative shareUNLV resultUNLV positive shareUNLV negative share
2025-08-23L36.8%45.5%W W65.6%22.8%
2025-08-30W42.8%42%64.6%12.5%
2025-09-0655.3%28.7%W80.3%10.9%
2025-09-1368%15.2%86.4%3.4%
2025-09-20W59.4%18.5%W79%12.6%
2025-09-27W65.3%22%77.5%8.5%
2025-10-04L39%42.3%W78.3%8.1%
2025-10-11W53.3%31.3%W76.5%14.5%
2025-10-18W W74.7%12.2%L36.8%51.8%
2025-10-2549.1%26.7%71.2%13.5%
2025-11-01L31.3%56.4%L30.6%59%
2025-11-0846.7%33.7%W74.3%18.1%
2025-11-15L30.7%51.3%W W74.5%16.5%
2025-11-22W W53.2%26.8%82.8%7.7%
2025-11-29W60.8%22.3%W L71.8%17.5%
2025-12-0665.1%14.6%43.1%45.6%
2025-12-13L31.9%54.6%55.5%28.8%
2025-12-2025.8%31.5%L47.2%44.5%
2025-12-2743.9%36.6%67.6%27%
2026-01-0351.2%25%63.7%23.7%
2026-01-1063.9%22.8%92.5%4.4%
2026-01-1747.1%31%85.3%6.4%
Reactions from that night · Oct 18
Boise State

Did that guy call it a rivalry? I think UNLV has to win a few before we call it a rivalry 🤣

neutralOpponent HostilityFacebook

Start doing trick plays. Either once per quarter or even once per half. Otherwise expect the same results.

negativeCoachingFacebook
UNLV

As a TRUE -BLUE Bronco Fan..I follow ..U.N.L.V. also..Gonna be a HELL-OF-A-GAME..Woo.hoo..📣 Good Luck to Both Super Teams...🏈

positiveOpponent RespectFacebook

Yall about to get obliterated

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook
Reactions from that night · Dec 5
Boise State

Surprised to see this with how much I hear SD talk about keeping coaches home to recruit in our own backyard.

negativeRecruitingFacebook

Just think what it might look like if you hired "good experienced" head coaches !!😎😎😎😎

negativeCoachingFacebook
UNLV

Is this current or next year’s lineup of mw teams? Who is 1 in g6? Hoping it isn’t a current mw team

neutralConference RealignmentFacebook

Love that we're getting another local kid! Go Rebels!

positiveRecruitingFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

Boise StateUNLV
Harm · BSU +44 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · BSU +17 ptsCollege Sports · UNLV +3 ptsOff-Field Storylines · BSU +72 ptsSports Betting · UNLV +29 ptsTeam & Front Office · BSU +8 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.
  • Boise State Harm: 73rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Boise State Identity-Based Abuse: 81st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Boise State Explicit Language: 86th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Boise State College Sports: 78th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Boise State Off-Field Storylines: 90th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Boise State Sports Betting: 63rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Boise State Team & Front Office: 54th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UNLV Harm: 29th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UNLV Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • UNLV Explicit Language: 69th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UNLV College Sports: 81st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UNLV Off-Field Storylines: 18th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UNLV Sports Betting: 92nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UNLV Team & Front Office: 46th 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. Boise State's positive share was higher in 3 of 22 shared weeks, UNLV's in 19.

BSUUNLV
0%46%93%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: BSU, UNLV
Week ofBSUUNLVComments
2025-08-2336.8%65.6%3,021
2025-08-3042.8%64.6%720
2025-09-0655.3%80.3%833
2025-09-1368%86.4%303
2025-09-2059.4%79%920
2025-09-2765.3%77.5%930
2025-10-0439%78.3%1,876
2025-10-1153.3%76.5%1,066
2025-10-1874.7%36.8%1,536
2025-10-2549.1%71.2%699
2025-11-0131.3%30.6%1,917
2025-11-0846.7%74.3%622
2025-11-1530.7%74.5%1,978
2025-11-2253.2%82.8%1,900
2025-11-2960.8%71.8%3,631
2025-12-0665.1%43.1%2,972
2025-12-1331.9%55.5%1,552
2025-12-2025.8%47.2%451
2025-12-2743.9%67.6%78
2026-01-0351.2%63.7%379
2026-01-1063.9%92.5%536
2026-01-1747.1%85.3%370
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