Whose comment section wins?
Pick any two fanbases and compare what their comment sections say, stat for stat.
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.
Fan Score
Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)
Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)
Positive share
Share of all comments that are positive
Share of all comments that are positive
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.
Negativity
Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Toxicity
Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)
Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)
Explicit language
Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Identity-based abuse, tag by tag
Tag applications per 1,000 comments
BYU left, West Virginia right. Tag applications per 1,000 comments, on the same scale across every row. Reported as rates only: this block never picks a winner.
What they talk about
Three topic groups where neither direction is better, just louder. These rows describe a comment section instead of scoring it.
Betting talk
Sports-betting comments per 1,000
Sports-betting comments per 1,000
Team & front office talk
Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday
Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday
NIL & portal talk
NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap
NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap
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
| Week of | BYU result | BYU positive share | BYU negative share | West Virginia result | West Virginia positive share | West Virginia negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | – | 67.9% | 19.7% | – | 53.5% | 28% |
| 2025-08-30 | W | 51.6% | 34.8% | W | 55.9% | 30.4% |
| 2025-09-06 | W | 47.5% | 40.7% | L | 22% | 66.7% |
| 2025-09-13 | – | 65.2% | 28% | W | 67.3% | 21.1% |
| 2025-09-20 | W | 64.3% | 26.3% | L | 33.8% | 55.8% |
| 2025-09-27 | W W | 59% | 30.1% | L L | 34.5% | 55.2% |
| 2025-10-04 | – | 51.2% | 35.3% | – | 36% | 52.8% |
| 2025-10-11 | W | 54.1% | 33.4% | – | 57.5% | 27.6% |
| 2025-10-18 | W | 62.7% | 25.2% | L | 27.6% | 61.3% |
| 2025-10-25 | W | 63.1% | 25.1% | L | 50.1% | 34.9% |
| 2025-11-01 | – | 65.2% | 22.4% | W | 78.3% | 14.2% |
| 2025-11-08 | L | 46.2% | 41.3% | W | 79.3% | 11.3% |
| 2025-11-15 | W | 59.1% | 26.9% | L | 49.9% | 40.9% |
| 2025-11-22 | W | 64.5% | 25.3% | – | 71.6% | 11.8% |
| 2025-11-29 | W | 66.1% | 25.2% | L | 53.8% | 37.2% |
| 2025-12-06 | L | 48.4% | 42% | – | 70% | 18.8% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 75.5% | 15.3% | – | 86.1% | 5.6% |
| 2025-12-20 | – | 50.4% | 31.6% | – | 93.2% | 2.3% |
| 2025-12-27 | W | 72.8% | 19% | – | 80.2% | 6.9% |
| 2026-01-03 | – | 67.8% | 14.9% | – | 76.7% | 9.9% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 75.6% | 10.3% | – | 80.1% | 8.5% |
| 2026-01-17 | – | 37.5% | 40.5% | – | 55.8% | 29.2% |
“Since there is no known way to communicate with Hans, tell him his thoughts on Deion and that CU AD are 100% spot on!”
“I love these slow mos, grows my understanding how play unfolded.”
“Please fire Rich Rodriguez this guy's making a mockery out of WVU Football again”
“Is everyone on the team also getting participation ribbons or trophies this year? That is the only thing they are going to win! Never should have brought Rich Rodriguez back. Dabo might be available next year.”
Fingerprint duel
Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.
- 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
- West Virginia Harm: 72nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- West Virginia Identity-Based Abuse: 30th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- West Virginia Explicit Language: 52nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- West Virginia College Sports: 83rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- West Virginia Off-Field Storylines: 68th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- West Virginia Sports Betting: 76th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- West Virginia Team & Front Office: 61st 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 9 of 22 shared weeks, West Virginia's in 13.
| Week of | BYU | WVU | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 67.9% | 53.5% | 1,325 |
| 2025-08-30 | 51.6% | 55.9% | 3,397 |
| 2025-09-06 | 47.5% | 22% | 5,412 |
| 2025-09-13 | 65.2% | 67.3% | 4,099 |
| 2025-09-20 | 64.3% | 33.8% | 3,242 |
| 2025-09-27 | 59% | 34.5% | 3,795 |
| 2025-10-04 | 51.2% | 36% | 2,332 |
| 2025-10-11 | 54.1% | 57.5% | 3,354 |
| 2025-10-18 | 62.7% | 27.6% | 4,390 |
| 2025-10-25 | 63.1% | 50.1% | 3,799 |
| 2025-11-01 | 65.2% | 78.3% | 3,468 |
| 2025-11-08 | 46.2% | 79.3% | 3,914 |
| 2025-11-15 | 59.1% | 49.9% | 2,672 |
| 2025-11-22 | 64.5% | 71.6% | 2,414 |
| 2025-11-29 | 66.1% | 53.8% | 6,227 |
| 2025-12-06 | 48.4% | 70% | 3,289 |
| 2025-12-13 | 75.5% | 86.1% | 556 |
| 2025-12-20 | 50.4% | 93.2% | 855 |
| 2025-12-27 | 72.8% | 80.2% | 3,810 |
| 2026-01-03 | 67.8% | 76.7% | 601 |
| 2026-01-10 | 75.6% | 80.1% | 770 |
| 2026-01-17 | 37.5% | 55.8% | 669 |