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
California left, Louisville 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 | California result | California positive share | California negative share | Louisville result | Louisville positive share | Louisville negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | – | – | – | – | 89.9% | 2.5% |
| 2025-08-30 | W | 100% | 0% | W W | 72.2% | 16.2% |
| 2025-09-06 | W | 75% | 20% | – | 47% | 40.9% |
| 2025-09-13 | W | 60% | 40% | – | 61.1% | 18.5% |
| 2025-09-20 | L | 0% | 60% | W | 63.9% | 24.2% |
| 2025-09-27 | W | 68.6% | 25.7% | W | 65.4% | 26.4% |
| 2025-10-04 | L | 10% | 60% | L | 35.6% | 54.4% |
| 2025-10-11 | W | 40% | 44% | W | 70.7% | 19.3% |
| 2025-10-18 | L | 72% | 24% | – | 84% | 9.6% |
| 2025-10-25 | – | 88.1% | 11.9% | W | 69.4% | 16.8% |
| 2025-11-01 | L | 57.4% | 31.5% | W | 75.6% | 13.9% |
| 2025-11-08 | W | 46.2% | 46.2% | L L | 36.4% | 54.2% |
| 2025-11-15 | – | 70.7% | 29.3% | – | 23.7% | 66.3% |
| 2025-11-22 | L | 61.1% | 38.9% | L | 43.6% | 42.6% |
| 2025-11-29 | W | 33.3% | 50% | W | 78.9% | 15.2% |
| 2025-12-06 | – | 66.7% | 0% | – | 58.8% | 26.8% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 69.7% | 12.1% | – | 81.3% | 11.3% |
| 2025-12-20 | L | 19.2% | 67.3% | W | 70.4% | 21.3% |
| 2025-12-27 | – | 59.1% | 18.2% | – | 76.3% | 13.2% |
| 2026-01-03 | – | 47.4% | 21.1% | – | 72.7% | 19.5% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 69.4% | 2% | – | 85.2% | 7.4% |
| 2026-01-17 | – | 74.5% | 13.7% | – | 84.3% | 9.8% |
“You mean "half empty?" Wish we could pack em in again. Always proud to wear the Big C, Blue & Gold. Happy to cheer for these kids who try their best. #GOBEARS”
“Can we put some scare into Louisville today for a full 60 minutes?”
“I still think a wildcard formation of some type should be in the arsenal. I don't think they've done it yet. If so I haven't seen it. Just another wrinkle.”
“Well since YouTube and Disney can't get their act together no ESPN2 for us...... Grrrrr”
Fingerprint duel
Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.
- California Harm: low volume, not ranked
- California Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
- California Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
- California College Sports: low volume, not ranked
- California Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
- California Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
- California Team & Front Office: low volume, not ranked
- Louisville Harm: 60th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Louisville Identity-Based Abuse: 24th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Louisville Explicit Language: 56th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Louisville College Sports: 20th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Louisville Off-Field Storylines: 54th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Louisville Sports Betting: 63rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Louisville Team & Front Office: 41st 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. California's positive share was higher in 8 of 21 shared weeks, Louisville's in 13.
| Week of | CAL | LOU | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 0% | 89.9% | 198 |
| 2025-08-30 | 100% | 72.2% | 508 |
| 2025-09-06 | 75% | 47% | 605 |
| 2025-09-13 | 60% | 61.1% | 118 |
| 2025-09-20 | 0% | 63.9% | 534 |
| 2025-09-27 | 68.6% | 65.4% | 682 |
| 2025-10-04 | 10% | 35.6% | 440 |
| 2025-10-11 | 40% | 70.7% | 516 |
| 2025-10-18 | 72% | 84% | 1,578 |
| 2025-10-25 | 88.1% | 69.4% | 793 |
| 2025-11-01 | 57.4% | 75.6% | 714 |
| 2025-11-08 | 46.2% | 36.4% | 1,078 |
| 2025-11-15 | 70.7% | 23.7% | 1,176 |
| 2025-11-22 | 61.1% | 43.6% | 401 |
| 2025-11-29 | 33.3% | 78.9% | 1,472 |
| 2025-12-06 | 66.7% | 58.8% | 403 |
| 2025-12-13 | 69.7% | 81.3% | 423 |
| 2025-12-20 | 19.2% | 70.4% | 930 |
| 2025-12-27 | 59.1% | 76.3% | 60 |
| 2026-01-03 | 47.4% | 72.7% | 147 |
| 2026-01-10 | 69.4% | 85.2% | 157 |
| 2026-01-17 | 74.5% | 84.3% | 102 |