Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Big 12
Cincinnati
Bearcats
vs
Big 12
Kansas
Jayhawks
On the field
Cincinnati won 3734 on Sep 27.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
CIN sentiment · 12,753 comments
Positive53.5%
Neutral11.6%
Negative33%
Mixed1.8%
KU sentiment · 8,065 comments
Positive44.1%
Neutral12.7%
Negative41.5%
Mixed1.7%
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.

Cincinnati
Kansas

Fan Score

535.4 (better)
440.9

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

53.5% (better)
44.1%

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.

Cincinnati
Kansas

Negativity

330.3 (better)
414.9

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

40.8 (better)
56.8

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

Explicit language

7.4 (better)
32.7

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.4Race1
1.3Gender1.9
0.2LGBTQIA+0.7
0.6Age1.4

Cincinnati left, Kansas 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.

Cincinnati
Kansas

Betting talk

2.3
5.2

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

126.8
134.9

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

NIL & portal talk

10.4
6.8

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: Cincinnati up, Kansas down
Cincinnati positive ↑Kansas positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
CIN 37KU 34
Cincinnati had the happier comment section in 12 of 22 shared weeks, Kansas in 10. When they met on Sep 27, Cincinnati won 37–34; Cincinnati’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Cincinnati and Kansas
Week ofCincinnati resultCincinnati positive shareCincinnati negative shareKansas resultKansas positive shareKansas negative share
2025-08-23L40.8%41.8%W W64.5%22.1%
2025-08-3036.9%48.1%43.7%35.2%
2025-09-06W68.9%23.3%L38.8%48.8%
2025-09-13W53.2%31.5%40.1%24.1%
2025-09-2049.6%41.7%W65.8%18.3%
2025-09-27W73.5%12.6%L29.2%57.4%
2025-10-04W62.1%23.8%W73.6%17.7%
2025-10-11W67.1%18.1%L32.9%55.2%
2025-10-18W70.1%9.6%49.4%17.5%
2025-10-25W62.7%23.3%L20.5%68.8%
2025-11-01L47.8%41.2%W46.8%37.5%
2025-11-0869.1%17.1%L24%65.5%
2025-11-15L34.9%56.1%64.4%24.1%
2025-11-22L35.1%53.7%L L28.7%61.9%
2025-11-29L28.5%61.5%57.2%34.2%
2025-12-0649.2%35.9%55.6%33.9%
2025-12-1362.4%20.8%50%34%
2025-12-2050.6%35.3%45.5%36.4%
2025-12-27L66.5%24.1%70.9%18.8%
2026-01-0322.2%67.9%52.4%36.9%
2026-01-1074.5%17.6%50%10%
2026-01-1744.4%33.3%35.6%31.7%
Reactions from that night · Sep 27
Cincinnati

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positiveBroadcast & MediaFacebook

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neutralBroadcast & MediaFacebook
Kansas

Is this the game that’s sold out

neutralCrowd & AttendanceFacebook

Play some fucking defense

negativeExplicit WordsFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

CincinnatiKansas
Harm · KU +21 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · KU +11 ptsExplicit Language · KU +58 ptsCollege Sports · CIN +23 ptsOff-Field Storylines · CIN +21 ptsSports Betting · KU +72 ptsTeam & Front Office · KU +8 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.
  • Cincinnati Harm: 68th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Cincinnati Identity-Based Abuse: 56th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Cincinnati Explicit Language: 17th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Cincinnati College Sports: 57th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Cincinnati Off-Field Storylines: 82nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Cincinnati Sports Betting: 17th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Cincinnati Team & Front Office: 54th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas Harm: 89th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas Identity-Based Abuse: 67th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas Explicit Language: 75th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas College Sports: 34th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas Off-Field Storylines: 61st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas Sports Betting: 89th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas Team & Front Office: 62nd 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. Cincinnati's positive share was higher in 13 of 22 shared weeks, Kansas's in 9.

CINKU
0%37%75%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: CIN, KU
Week ofCINKUComments
2025-08-2340.8%64.5%1,999
2025-08-3036.9%43.7%839
2025-09-0668.9%38.8%960
2025-09-1353.2%40.1%597
2025-09-2049.6%65.8%399
2025-09-2773.5%29.2%1,251
2025-10-0462.1%73.6%1,951
2025-10-1167.1%32.9%1,108
2025-10-1870.1%49.4%1,358
2025-10-2562.7%20.5%2,354
2025-11-0147.8%46.8%1,182
2025-11-0869.1%24%566
2025-11-1534.9%64.4%625
2025-11-2235.1%28.7%1,842
2025-11-2928.5%57.2%959
2025-12-0649.2%55.6%570
2025-12-1362.4%50%278
2025-12-2050.6%45.5%167
2025-12-2766.5%70.9%610
2026-01-0322.2%52.4%607
2026-01-1074.5%50%339
2026-01-1744.4%35.6%257
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