Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

ACC
Boston College
Eagles
vs
ACC
SMU
Mustangs
On the field
SMU won 4513 on Nov 8.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
BC sentiment · 3,381 comments
Positive46.2%
Neutral9%
Negative42.9%
Mixed2%
SMU sentiment · 7,390 comments
Positive68.1%
Neutral10.7%
Negative19.9%
Mixed1.3%
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.

Boston College
SMU

Fan Score

462
(better)681.5

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

46.2%
(better)68.1%

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.

Boston College
SMU

Negativity

428.6
(better)198.5

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

21.3 (better)
21.4

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

Explicit language

17.5
(better)13.3

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.6Race0.8
0.9Gender0.7
0.6LGBTQIA+0.1
0.9Age0.3

Boston College left, SMU 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.

Boston College
SMU

Betting talk

9.2
2.8

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

126.9
77.1

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

NIL & portal talk

22.5
4.6

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: Boston College up, SMU down
Boston College positive ↑SMU positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
BC 13SMU 45
Boston College had the happier comment section in 8 of 22 shared weeks, SMU in 14. When they met on Nov 8, SMU won 45–13; SMU’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Boston College and SMU
Week ofBoston College resultBoston College positive shareBoston College negative shareSMU resultSMU positive shareSMU negative share
2025-08-2366.1%23.2%75.8%4.6%
2025-08-30W67.9%16.3%W69.7%13.4%
2025-09-06L49.6%35.9%L43.3%43.6%
2025-09-13L24.5%68.8%W69.4%18.8%
2025-09-2071.4%28.6%L44.5%42.6%
2025-09-27L31.1%59.2%80.5%5.1%
2025-10-04L20.5%71.6%W55.5%29.6%
2025-10-11L42.9%57.1%W70.3%17.9%
2025-10-18L22.4%66.1%W80.5%12.7%
2025-10-25L34.2%54.1%L48%37.4%
2025-11-01L53.8%35.7%W76.2%13.2%
2025-11-08L29.8%53.5%W84.8%6%
2025-11-15L56.1%36.3%83.9%4%
2025-11-2274.8%16.5%W84.3%7.4%
2025-11-29W77.5%14.9%L36.3%54.7%
2025-12-0672.9%15.7%67.2%14.9%
2025-12-1357.1%26.5%49.5%30.3%
2025-12-2093.5%6.5%87.8%4.1%
2025-12-2790.9%7.3%W79.8%6.4%
2026-01-0362.1%20.5%84.4%8.2%
2026-01-1075%15.6%71.6%14.2%
2026-01-1753.8%15.4%57.9%5.6%
Reactions from that night · Nov 8
Boston College

Some team needs to make AJ their feature back! 12 to 15 carries per game is 1500 yds. He’s stronger the longer he engages tacklers.

positiveCoachingFacebook

I believe in Coach Ob - Go 🦅

positiveCoachingFacebook
SMU

Game will be broadcast live on here :⤵️ https://www.bimasakti.sport-streamhd.com/hsfootball.php

neutralBroadcast & MediaFacebook

So glad so many were there, and stayed until the end!

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

Boston CollegeSMU
Harm · SMU +1 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · BC +13 ptsCollege Sports · BC +47 ptsOff-Field Storylines · BC +19 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · BC +44 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.
  • Boston College Harm: 31st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Boston College Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Boston College Explicit Language: 48th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Boston College College Sports: 99th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Boston College Off-Field Storylines: 54th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Boston College Sports Betting: 98th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Boston College Team & Front Office: 55th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • SMU Harm: 32nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • SMU Identity-Based Abuse: 11th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • SMU Explicit Language: 35th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • SMU College Sports: 52nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • SMU Off-Field Storylines: 35th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • SMU Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • SMU Team & Front Office: 11th 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. Boston College's positive share was higher in 8 of 22 shared weeks, SMU's in 14.

BCSMU
0%47%94%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: BC, SMU
Week ofBCSMUComments
2025-08-2366.1%75.8%209
2025-08-3067.9%69.7%705
2025-09-0649.6%43.3%775
2025-09-1324.5%69.4%496
2025-09-2071.4%44.5%270
2025-09-2731.1%80.5%324
2025-10-0420.5%55.5%626
2025-10-1142.9%70.3%270
2025-10-1822.4%80.5%884
2025-10-2534.2%48%610
2025-11-0153.8%76.2%1,203
2025-11-0829.8%84.8%525
2025-11-1556.1%83.9%281
2025-11-2274.8%84.3%585
2025-11-2977.5%36.3%825
2025-12-0672.9%67.2%204
2025-12-1357.1%49.5%158
2025-12-2093.5%87.8%95
2025-12-2790.9%79.8%417
2026-01-0362.1%84.4%926
2026-01-1075%71.6%244
2026-01-1753.8%57.9%139
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