Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

ACC
Clemson
Tigers
vs
SEC
LSU
Tigers
On the field
LSU won 1710 on Aug 30.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
CLEM sentiment · 38,829 comments
Positive48.9%
Neutral7.5%
Negative41.8%
Mixed1.8%
LSU sentiment · 95,525 comments
Positive42.6%
Neutral10%
Negative45.3%
Mixed2.1%
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.

Clemson
LSU

Fan Score

488.9 (better)
425.9

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

48.9% (better)
42.6%

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.

Clemson
LSU

Negativity

418.1 (better)
452.7

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

48 (better)
68.3

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

Explicit language

32.5 (better)
35.3

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.3Race1.1
2.1Gender4.4
1.1Age0.8

Clemson left, LSU 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.

Clemson
LSU

Betting talk

2.4
3.2

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

119.3
213.5

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

NIL & portal talk

9.7
7.7

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: Clemson up, LSU down
Clemson positive ↑LSU positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
CLEM 10LSU 17
Clemson had the happier comment section in 13 of 22 shared weeks, LSU in 9. When they met on Aug 30, LSU won 17–10; LSU’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Clemson and LSU
Week ofClemson resultClemson positive shareClemson negative shareLSU resultLSU positive shareLSU negative share
2025-08-2376.5%10.9%73.2%11.6%
2025-08-30L29.6%61.3%W61.7%27%
2025-09-06W28.8%61.3%W49.8%33.7%
2025-09-13L24.3%65.8%W49.5%37.6%
2025-09-20L20.2%71.1%W56.2%29.8%
2025-09-2756.9%36.6%L19.3%71.4%
2025-10-04W65%26.3%48.8%34.7%
2025-10-11W59.3%30.7%W46.4%41.9%
2025-10-18L30.3%58.7%L24.7%64.5%
2025-10-2544.1%32.1%L31.5%56.8%
2025-11-01L24.9%65.1%55%28.9%
2025-11-08W W64.4%27.2%L38.9%51%
2025-11-1564.1%29.1%W73.9%17.7%
2025-11-22W70.3%19.8%W46.4%43%
2025-11-29W64.6%27.3%L31%56.9%
2025-12-0643.9%38.1%48%33%
2025-12-1359.5%28.5%64.2%25.1%
2025-12-2082.7%9.9%53%33.7%
2025-12-27L40.4%50.8%L35%51.5%
2026-01-0355.4%34.1%51.1%36.2%
2026-01-1053.4%31.9%65.3%20.7%
2026-01-1752.4%35.7%46.6%34.6%
Reactions from that night · Aug 30
Clemson

Thankful they added handrails. Having to walk up & down 103 steps to get to our sears with no handrail is very dangerous (especially for us old folks). GO TIGERS! 💜🧡💜🧡

positiveStadium ExperienceFacebook

Let's gooo baby its gonna be drunk folks...

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook
LSU

be careful that Clemson doesn’t get another guy suspended…. that whole situation is shady AF

negativePlayer ConductFacebook

Clemson scared of us they ratted Haulcy out #GeauxTigers

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

ClemsonLSU
Harm · LSU +18 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · LSU +29 ptsExplicit Language · LSU +7 ptsCollege Sports · LSU +10 ptsOff-Field Storylines · CLEM +16 ptsSports Betting · LSU +31 ptsTeam & Front Office · LSU +52 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.
  • Clemson Harm: 79th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Clemson Identity-Based Abuse: 57th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Clemson Explicit Language: 74th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Clemson College Sports: 33rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Clemson Off-Field Storylines: 84th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Clemson Sports Betting: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Clemson Team & Front Office: 43rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • LSU Harm: 97th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • LSU Identity-Based Abuse: 86th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • LSU Explicit Language: 81st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • LSU College Sports: 43rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • LSU Off-Field Storylines: 68th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • LSU Sports Betting: 56th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • LSU Team & Front Office: 95th 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. Clemson's positive share was higher in 13 of 22 shared weeks, LSU's in 9.

CLEMLSU
0%41%83%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: CLEM, LSU
Week ofCLEMLSUComments
2025-08-2376.5%73.2%2,734
2025-08-3029.6%61.7%11,774
2025-09-0628.8%49.8%6,576
2025-09-1324.3%49.5%7,318
2025-09-2020.2%56.2%5,236
2025-09-2756.9%19.3%7,775
2025-10-0465%48.8%3,269
2025-10-1159.3%46.4%5,148
2025-10-1830.3%24.7%9,877
2025-10-2544.1%31.5%8,042
2025-11-0124.9%55%2,728
2025-11-0864.4%38.9%6,126
2025-11-1564.1%73.9%9,553
2025-11-2270.3%46.4%6,803
2025-11-2964.6%31%21,747
2025-12-0643.9%48%5,093
2025-12-1359.5%64.2%1,772
2025-12-2082.7%53%2,966
2025-12-2740.4%35%6,948
2026-01-0355.4%51.1%1,188
2026-01-1053.4%65.3%1,506
2026-01-1752.4%46.6%175
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