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, 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.
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 | SMU result | SMU positive share | SMU negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | – | – | – | – | 75.8% | 4.6% |
| 2025-08-30 | W | 100% | 0% | W | 69.7% | 13.4% |
| 2025-09-06 | W | 75% | 20% | L | 43.3% | 43.6% |
| 2025-09-13 | W | 60% | 40% | W | 69.4% | 18.8% |
| 2025-09-20 | L | 0% | 60% | L | 44.5% | 42.6% |
| 2025-09-27 | W | 68.6% | 25.7% | – | 80.5% | 5.1% |
| 2025-10-04 | L | 10% | 60% | W | 55.5% | 29.6% |
| 2025-10-11 | W | 40% | 44% | W | 70.3% | 17.9% |
| 2025-10-18 | L | 72% | 24% | W | 80.5% | 12.7% |
| 2025-10-25 | – | 88.1% | 11.9% | L | 48% | 37.4% |
| 2025-11-01 | L | 57.4% | 31.5% | W | 76.2% | 13.2% |
| 2025-11-08 | W | 46.2% | 46.2% | W | 84.8% | 6% |
| 2025-11-15 | – | 70.7% | 29.3% | – | 83.9% | 4% |
| 2025-11-22 | L | 61.1% | 38.9% | W | 84.3% | 7.4% |
| 2025-11-29 | W | 33.3% | 50% | L | 36.3% | 54.7% |
| 2025-12-06 | – | 66.7% | 0% | – | 67.2% | 14.9% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 69.7% | 12.1% | – | 49.5% | 30.3% |
| 2025-12-20 | L | 19.2% | 67.3% | – | 87.8% | 4.1% |
| 2025-12-27 | – | 59.1% | 18.2% | W | 79.8% | 6.4% |
| 2026-01-03 | – | 47.4% | 21.1% | – | 84.4% | 8.2% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 69.4% | 2% | – | 71.6% | 14.2% |
| 2026-01-17 | – | 74.5% | 13.7% | – | 57.9% | 5.6% |
“How did the football team do?”
“I don't even have sons and I would fight for these boys as if they were my own ❤️ my own daughter does play for them every home go though and I would move earth for the band - hubba! Pony up!”
“4 years ago today (November 29), Rhett Lashlee was named the new head coach of the Mustangs! Beat Cal to recognize this anniversary! 🐴🆙”
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
- 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. California's positive share was higher in 5 of 21 shared weeks, SMU's in 16.
| Week of | CAL | SMU | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 0% | 75.8% | 153 |
| 2025-08-30 | 100% | 69.7% | 516 |
| 2025-09-06 | 75% | 43.3% | 547 |
| 2025-09-13 | 60% | 69.4% | 314 |
| 2025-09-20 | 0% | 44.5% | 261 |
| 2025-09-27 | 68.6% | 80.5% | 153 |
| 2025-10-04 | 10% | 55.5% | 284 |
| 2025-10-11 | 40% | 70.3% | 288 |
| 2025-10-18 | 72% | 80.5% | 552 |
| 2025-10-25 | 88.1% | 48% | 371 |
| 2025-11-01 | 57.4% | 76.2% | 1,036 |
| 2025-11-08 | 46.2% | 84.8% | 263 |
| 2025-11-15 | 70.7% | 83.9% | 165 |
| 2025-11-22 | 61.1% | 84.3% | 488 |
| 2025-11-29 | 33.3% | 36.3% | 582 |
| 2025-12-06 | 66.7% | 67.2% | 137 |
| 2025-12-13 | 69.7% | 49.5% | 142 |
| 2025-12-20 | 19.2% | 87.8% | 101 |
| 2025-12-27 | 59.1% | 79.8% | 384 |
| 2026-01-03 | 47.4% | 84.4% | 813 |
| 2026-01-10 | 69.4% | 71.6% | 197 |
| 2026-01-17 | 74.5% | 57.9% | 177 |