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
TCU
Horned Frogs
On the field
TCU won 4523 on Nov 29.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
CIN sentiment · 12,753 comments
Positive53.5%
Neutral11.6%
Negative33%
Mixed1.8%
TCU sentiment · 9,897 comments
Positive72%
Neutral9.9%
Negative16.8%
Mixed1.4%
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
TCU

Fan Score

535.4
(better)719.8

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

53.5%
(better)72%

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
TCU

Negativity

330.3
(better)167.5

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

40.8
(better)13.4

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

Explicit language

7.4
(better)2.6

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.4Race0.3
1.3Gender0.5
0.2LGBTQIA+0.3
0.6Age0.1

Cincinnati left, TCU 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
TCU

Betting talk

2.3
1.1

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

126.8
74.5

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

NIL & portal talk

10.4
3

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, TCU down
Cincinnati positive ↑TCU positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
CIN 23TCU 45
Cincinnati had the happier comment section in 5 of 22 shared weeks, TCU in 17. When they met on Nov 29, TCU won 45–23; TCU’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Cincinnati and TCU
Week ofCincinnati resultCincinnati positive shareCincinnati negative shareTCU resultTCU positive shareTCU negative share
2025-08-23L40.8%41.8%81.1%9.4%
2025-08-3036.9%48.1%W69%12.8%
2025-09-06W68.9%23.3%58.2%15.9%
2025-09-13W53.2%31.5%W81.3%9.8%
2025-09-2049.6%41.7%W L78.7%11.1%
2025-09-27W73.5%12.6%42.1%46.9%
2025-10-04W62.1%23.8%W76.3%15.1%
2025-10-11W67.1%18.1%L51.3%36.4%
2025-10-18W70.1%9.6%W68.4%18.8%
2025-10-25W62.7%23.3%W69.9%18.3%
2025-11-01L47.8%41.2%74.4%12.5%
2025-11-0869.1%17.1%L35.7%54.7%
2025-11-15L34.9%56.1%L52.2%41.9%
2025-11-22L35.1%53.7%W66.5%24.4%
2025-11-29L28.5%61.5%W80.7%11.5%
2025-12-0649.2%35.9%68%16.9%
2025-12-1362.4%20.8%79.1%9.9%
2025-12-2050.6%35.3%90.5%5.8%
2025-12-27L66.5%24.1%W83%9.3%
2026-01-0322.2%67.9%83.1%11%
2026-01-1074.5%17.6%88.5%3.1%
2026-01-1744.4%33.3%52.4%26.6%
Reactions from that night · Nov 29
Cincinnati

7 and 5 and a bowl game. Satterfield getting extension he gonna get paid

positiveCoachingFacebook

Be nice to snag a win but 2nd half of game and 2nd half of season is not Satterfield strength

negativeCoachingFacebook
TCU

Game will be broadcast live on: https://www.nrf26.king-cpasports.com/hsfootball.php

neutralBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Here's the link for the streamed: https://combet.king-cpasports.com/hsfootball.php

positiveBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

CincinnatiTCU
Harm · CIN +54 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · CIN +47 ptsExplicit Language · CIN +16 ptsCollege Sports · CIN +52 ptsOff-Field Storylines · CIN +22 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · CIN +47 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
  • TCU Harm: 14th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU Identity-Based Abuse: 9th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU Explicit Language: 1st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU College Sports: 5th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU Off-Field Storylines: 60th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • TCU Team & Front Office: 7th 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 5 of 22 shared weeks, TCU's in 17.

CINTCU
0%45%91%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: CIN, TCU
Week ofCINTCUComments
2025-08-2340.8%81.1%1,177
2025-08-3036.9%69%1,952
2025-09-0668.9%58.2%627
2025-09-1353.2%81.3%824
2025-09-2049.6%78.7%618
2025-09-2773.5%42.1%920
2025-10-0462.1%76.3%1,600
2025-10-1167.1%51.3%957
2025-10-1870.1%68.4%1,302
2025-10-2562.7%69.9%1,755
2025-11-0147.8%74.4%987
2025-11-0869.1%35.7%601
2025-11-1534.9%52.2%829
2025-11-2235.1%66.5%1,556
2025-11-2928.5%80.7%1,165
2025-12-0649.2%68%781
2025-12-1362.4%79.1%360
2025-12-2050.6%90.5%293
2025-12-2766.5%83%2,795
2026-01-0322.2%83.1%849
2026-01-1074.5%88.5%425
2026-01-1744.4%52.4%277
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