Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Big 12
BYU
Cougars
vs
Big 12
Colorado
Buffaloes
On the field
BYU won 2421 on Sep 27.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
BYU sentiment · 32,975 comments
Positive59.6%
Neutral9%
Negative29.1%
Mixed2.4%
COLO sentiment · 13,180 comments
Positive59.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative30.6%
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.

BYU
Colorado

Fan Score

595.6 (better)
595.4

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

59.6% (better)
59.5%

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.

BYU
Colorado

Negativity

291.3 (better)
306.4

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

36.1
(better)15.2

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

Explicit language

6.2
(better)4

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.5Race0.2
0.8Gender0.2
0.3LGBTQIA+0.1
0.9Age0.5

BYU left, Colorado 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.

BYU
Colorado

Betting talk

3.3
4.1

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

158.5
119

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

NIL & portal talk

2.7
10.5

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: BYU up, Colorado down
BYU positive ↑Colorado positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
BYU 24COLO 21
BYU had the happier comment section in 10 of 22 shared weeks, Colorado in 12. When they met on Sep 27, BYU won 24–21; BYU’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for BYU and Colorado
Week ofBYU resultBYU positive shareBYU negative shareColorado resultColorado positive shareColorado negative share
2025-08-2367.9%19.7%L74.5%12.2%
2025-08-30W51.6%34.8%55.8%34.4%
2025-09-06W47.5%40.7%W L81%11%
2025-09-1365.2%28%33.4%54.7%
2025-09-20W64.3%26.3%W72.9%17.9%
2025-09-27W W59%30.1%L54%36.8%
2025-10-0451.2%35.3%L48.4%42.9%
2025-10-11W54.1%33.4%W73.5%20.6%
2025-10-18W62.7%25.2%81.3%10.4%
2025-10-25W63.1%25.1%L28.6%61.1%
2025-11-0165.2%22.4%L42.3%46.4%
2025-11-08L46.2%41.3%L58.8%29.2%
2025-11-15W59.1%26.9%61.4%28.6%
2025-11-22W64.5%25.3%L67.4%22.5%
2025-11-29W66.1%25.2%L44.5%45.3%
2025-12-06L48.4%42%58.1%29.6%
2025-12-1375.5%15.3%64%28.1%
2025-12-2050.4%31.6%100%0%
2025-12-27W72.8%19%60%30%
2026-01-0367.8%14.9%54.5%31.8%
2026-01-1075.6%10.3%65.6%25.6%
2026-01-1737.5%40.5%56.8%33.9%
Reactions from that night · Sep 27
BYU

BYU sports media…second to none! ❤️

positiveBroadcast & MediaFacebook

That punch was executed perfectly. That is why coaches teach two hands on the ball thru contact.

positiveCoachingFacebook
Colorado

BYU is going to ruin the Buffs but I love the new Ralphie! 🦬

mixedOpponent HostilityFacebook

Hey. U all still comein. Go big. Red

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

BYUColorado
Harm · BYU +28 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · BYU +4 ptsCollege Sports · COLO +34 ptsOff-Field Storylines · BYU +93 ptsSports Betting · COLO +16 ptsTeam & Front Office · BYU +31 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.
  • 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
  • Colorado Harm: 21st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Colorado Explicit Language: 4th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado College Sports: 55th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado Off-Field Storylines: 3rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado Sports Betting: 76th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado Team & Front Office: 42nd 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. BYU's positive share was higher in 10 of 22 shared weeks, Colorado's in 12.

BYUCOLO
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: BYU, COLO
Week ofBYUCOLOComments
2025-08-2367.9%74.5%856
2025-08-3051.6%55.8%1,900
2025-09-0647.5%81%3,144
2025-09-1365.2%33.4%1,057
2025-09-2064.3%72.9%2,124
2025-09-2759%54%2,194
2025-10-0451.2%48.4%1,831
2025-10-1154.1%73.5%3,312
2025-10-1862.7%81.3%2,922
2025-10-2563.1%28.6%3,487
2025-11-0165.2%42.3%1,387
2025-11-0846.2%58.8%2,900
2025-11-1559.1%61.4%1,969
2025-11-2264.5%67.4%2,732
2025-11-2966.1%44.5%4,569
2025-12-0648.4%58.1%3,601
2025-12-1375.5%64%501
2025-12-2050.4%100%660
2025-12-2772.8%60%3,339
2026-01-0367.8%54.5%392
2026-01-1075.6%65.6%562
2026-01-1737.5%56.8%716
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