Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

American
Charlotte
49ers
vs
American
East Carolina
Pirates
On the field
East Carolina won 4822 on Nov 8.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
CLT sentiment · 1,447 comments
Positive41.7%
Neutral9.3%
Negative46.6%
Mixed2.4%
ECU sentiment · 6,181 comments
Positive77.2%
Neutral10.2%
Negative11.4%
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.

Charlotte
East Carolina

Fan Score

416.7
(better)771.6

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

41.7%
(better)77.2%

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.

Charlotte
East Carolina

Negativity

466.5
(better)114.2

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

22.8
(better)12.6

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

Explicit language

20
(better)10.5

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Charlotte left, East Carolina 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.

Charlotte
East Carolina

Betting talk

18
1.6

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

145.8
66.5

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

NIL & portal talk

34.6
3.9

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: Charlotte up, East Carolina down
Charlotte positive ↑East Carolina positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
CLT 22ECU 48
Charlotte had the happier comment section in 5 of 22 shared weeks, East Carolina in 17. When they met on Nov 8, East Carolina won 48–22; East Carolina’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Charlotte and East Carolina
Week ofCharlotte resultCharlotte positive shareCharlotte negative shareEast Carolina resultEast Carolina positive shareEast Carolina negative share
2025-08-23L88.9%0%L62.6%19.8%
2025-08-3033.3%66.7%76.2%12.7%
2025-09-06L26.1%39.1%W62.8%22.1%
2025-09-13W L75%12.5%W77.3%12%
2025-09-20100%0%L W67.3%16.5%
2025-09-27L14.3%71.4%68.3%14.4%
2025-10-0437.5%62.5%L78.9%13.2%
2025-10-11L39.5%50%W76%14.6%
2025-10-18L L36.6%49.5%75.9%11.1%
2025-10-2526.8%62.2%76.5%10.3%
2025-11-0164.3%21.4%W87%3.7%
2025-11-08L34.4%50.3%W68.4%5.3%
2025-11-15L31.4%55.5%W86.9%7%
2025-11-22L51.1%38.8%L58.8%31.6%
2025-11-29L43%49.3%W88.5%7%
2025-12-0647.9%33.3%60%20%
2025-12-1312.5%62.5%88.5%5.7%
2025-12-20100%0%83%9%
2025-12-27100%0%W82.8%9.3%
2026-01-0390.9%4.5%92.8%4.8%
2026-01-1092.3%3.8%94.5%2.7%
2026-01-1792.3%7.7%81.5%7.4%
Reactions from that night · Nov 8
Charlotte

Not a rivalry, they haven’t beat us yet.

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook

We’re going to get the shit kicked out of us. So disappointing.

negativeExplicit WordsFacebook
East Carolina

A legendary tandem! They brought sooo much joy to me in stadiums at Carolina and State! We ran it up on both occasions! 🫡

positiveOpponent RespectFacebook

Let’s do to Charlotte what the did to us last year. Out the hammer down. No mercy. Run up the score. No quarter! Go pirates! 💜😊🏈😊💛

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

CharlotteEast Carolina
Harm · Low volumeIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · Low volumeCollege Sports · Low volumeOff-Field Storylines · Low volumeSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · Low volume
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.
  • Charlotte Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Charlotte Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Charlotte Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Charlotte College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Charlotte Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • Charlotte Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Charlotte Team & Front Office: low volume, not ranked
  • East Carolina Harm: 10th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • East Carolina Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • East Carolina Explicit Language: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • East Carolina College Sports: 29th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • East Carolina Off-Field Storylines: 59th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • East Carolina Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • East Carolina Team & Front Office: 4th 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. Charlotte's positive share was higher in 5 of 22 shared weeks, East Carolina's in 17.

CLTECU
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: CLT, ECU
Week ofCLTECUComments
2025-08-2388.9%62.6%493
2025-08-3033.3%76.2%66
2025-09-0626.1%62.8%362
2025-09-1375%77.3%233
2025-09-20100%67.3%428
2025-09-2714.3%68.3%111
2025-10-0437.5%78.9%138
2025-10-1139.5%76%306
2025-10-1836.6%75.9%209
2025-10-2526.8%76.5%232
2025-11-0164.3%87%469
2025-11-0834.4%68.4%736
2025-11-1531.4%86.9%1,043
2025-11-2251.1%58.8%479
2025-11-2943%88.5%668
2025-12-0647.9%60%118
2025-12-1312.5%88.5%135
2025-12-20100%83%316
2025-12-27100%82.8%695
2026-01-0390.9%92.8%189
2026-01-1092.3%94.5%162
2026-01-1792.3%81.5%40
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