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
Texas Tech
Red Raiders
On the field
Texas Tech won 297 on Nov 8.
Texas Tech won 347 on Dec 6 at a neutral site.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
BYU sentiment · 32,975 comments
Positive59.6%
Neutral9%
Negative29.1%
Mixed2.4%
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.

BYU
Texas Tech

Fan Score

595.6
(better)723.4

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

59.6%
(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.

BYU
Texas Tech

Negativity

291.3
(better)179.9

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

36.1
(better)18.3

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

Explicit language

6.2
(better)3.9

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.5Race0.3
0.8Gender1
0.3LGBTQIA+0.4
0.9Age0.3

BYU 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.

BYU
Texas Tech

Betting talk

3.3
1.7

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

158.5
69

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

NIL & portal talk

2.7
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: BYU up, Texas Tech down
BYU positive ↑Texas Tech positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
BYU 7TTU 29
BYU 7TTU 34
BYU had the happier comment section in 2 of 22 shared weeks, Texas Tech in 20. When they met on Nov 8, Texas Tech won 29–7; Texas Tech’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for BYU and Texas Tech
Week ofBYU resultBYU positive shareBYU negative shareTexas Tech resultTexas Tech positive shareTexas Tech negative share
2025-08-2367.9%19.7%69%14.2%
2025-08-30W51.6%34.8%W53.3%25.7%
2025-09-06W47.5%40.7%W68.2%17.4%
2025-09-1365.2%28%W77.7%9.2%
2025-09-20W64.3%26.3%W73%17.4%
2025-09-27W W59%30.1%71.1%13.8%
2025-10-0451.2%35.3%W57.6%31.5%
2025-10-11W54.1%33.4%W74.5%14.7%
2025-10-18W62.7%25.2%L46.7%42.7%
2025-10-25W63.1%25.1%W70.2%17.5%
2025-11-0165.2%22.4%W68.8%16.4%
2025-11-08L46.2%41.3%W73%16.5%
2025-11-15W59.1%26.9%W80.9%9%
2025-11-22W64.5%25.3%80.9%9.1%
2025-11-29W66.1%25.2%W85.6%7.8%
2025-12-06L48.4%42%W85.3%8.1%
2025-12-1375.5%15.3%91.1%4.7%
2025-12-2050.4%31.6%79.1%13%
2025-12-27W72.8%19%L57.1%33.9%
2026-01-0367.8%14.9%77.3%17.2%
2026-01-1075.6%10.3%90.5%5.5%
2026-01-1737.5%40.5%78.2%12.2%
Reactions from that night · Nov 8
BYU

Love you guys!! Sorry we have to beat you guys this weekend!! Tech ex a sold member of the Church !

positiveOpponent RespectFacebook

Tech by at least 2 TDs. Wreck Em

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook
Texas Tech

Joeys in over his head, the money from Richie rich has a lot more talent but it’s not enough in big games when they actually play a good team outside the horrible big 12, he’s a very average coach at best.

negativeCoachingFacebook

Wreck that azz so bad Joseph Smith feels that whooping...Gunz Up!!!

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook
Reactions from that night · Dec 6
BYU

I’m so happy he won. Well deserved! 💙🏈

positiveCoachingFacebook

Way to go coach! Congratulations

positiveCoachingFacebook
Texas Tech

Wish I was going to the game!! BIG RED MACHINE IS COMING TO THE GAME WITH A HUNGRY LOOK ON THEIR FACES… BETTER WATCH OUT BYU IT IS MUNCH AND CRUNCH TIME FOR YOU AGAIN.. FINAL SCORE TEXAS TECH 45 BYU 14 …

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook

Welcome to TEXAS TECH, Maddox! WRECK'EM! ❤️🖤👆👆

positiveRecruitingFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

BYUTexas Tech
Harm · BYU +26 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · BYU +71 ptsExplicit Language · BYU +5 ptsCollege Sports · BYU +5 ptsOff-Field Storylines · BYU +70 ptsSports Betting · BYU +54 ptsTeam & Front Office · BYU +68 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
  • 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. BYU's positive share was higher in 2 of 22 shared weeks, Texas Tech's in 20.

BYUTTU
0%46%91%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: BYU, TTU
Week ofBYUTTUComments
2025-08-2367.9%69%611
2025-08-3051.6%53.3%2,485
2025-09-0647.5%68.2%2,040
2025-09-1365.2%77.7%1,701
2025-09-2064.3%73%3,191
2025-09-2759%71.1%2,233
2025-10-0451.2%57.6%4,332
2025-10-1154.1%74.5%4,971
2025-10-1862.7%46.7%5,040
2025-10-2563.1%70.2%4,355
2025-11-0165.2%68.8%4,194
2025-11-0846.2%73%5,994
2025-11-1559.1%80.9%3,409
2025-11-2264.5%80.9%3,761
2025-11-2966.1%85.6%8,421
2025-12-0648.4%85.3%11,148
2025-12-1375.5%91.1%2,014
2025-12-2050.4%79.1%1,683
2025-12-2772.8%57.1%12,166
2026-01-0367.8%77.3%1,397
2026-01-1075.6%90.5%1,209
2026-01-1737.5%78.2%1,217
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