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
ACC
Syracuse
Orange
On the field
Syracuse won 3421 on Sep 20.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
CLEM sentiment · 38,829 comments
Positive48.9%
Neutral7.5%
Negative41.8%
Mixed1.8%
SYR sentiment · 9,364 comments
Positive38.7%
Neutral8.1%
Negative50.9%
Mixed2.4%
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.

Clemson
Syracuse

Fan Score

488.9 (better)
386.7

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

48.9% (better)
38.7%

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
Syracuse

Negativity

418.1 (better)
508.8

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

48 (better)
57.9

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

Explicit language

32.5 (better)
42.4

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.3Race1.4
2.1Gender2.6
1.1Age1.5

Clemson left, Syracuse 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
Syracuse

Betting talk

2.4
4.7

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

119.3
144.4

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

NIL & portal talk

9.7
11.1

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, Syracuse down
Clemson positive ↑Syracuse positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
CLEM 21SYR 34
Clemson had the happier comment section in 11 of 22 shared weeks, Syracuse in 11. When they met on Sep 20, Syracuse won 34–21; Syracuse’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Clemson and Syracuse
Week ofClemson resultClemson positive shareClemson negative shareSyracuse resultSyracuse positive shareSyracuse negative share
2025-08-2376.5%10.9%84.7%9.4%
2025-08-30L29.6%61.3%L37.7%52%
2025-09-06W28.8%61.3%W W39.9%49.3%
2025-09-13L24.3%65.8%58.7%29.8%
2025-09-20L20.2%71.1%W60.3%29.7%
2025-09-2756.9%36.6%L26.6%64.4%
2025-10-04W65%26.3%L33.9%57.1%
2025-10-11W59.3%30.7%61.6%31.2%
2025-10-18L30.3%58.7%L38.2%53.6%
2025-10-2544.1%32.1%L L35%57.5%
2025-11-01L24.9%65.1%26.2%59.2%
2025-11-08W W64.4%27.2%L30.5%59.5%
2025-11-1564.1%29.1%51.4%38.7%
2025-11-22W70.3%19.8%L20.3%71%
2025-11-29W64.6%27.3%L25.9%65.5%
2025-12-0643.9%38.1%36.6%38.9%
2025-12-1359.5%28.5%32.5%45.5%
2025-12-2082.7%9.9%42.9%48.6%
2025-12-27L40.4%50.8%80%20%
2026-01-0355.4%34.1%57.6%37.6%
2026-01-1053.4%31.9%64.2%23.1%
2026-01-1752.4%35.7%72.7%0%
Reactions from that night · Sep 20
Clemson

4 quarters!!!! Come out ready to rip apart Syracuse is the only correct way to play. Enough is enough

mixedOpponent HostilityFacebook

Dabo try’na go to Bama so yall gotta kick him out

negativeCoachingFacebook
Syracuse

Bring home the win, guys! Clemson is ripe to go down! 🧡💙🧡💙

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook

Big under dog as per betting line. Beat them!

positiveMoneylineFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

ClemsonSyracuse
Harm · SYR +11 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · SYR +12 ptsExplicit Language · SYR +17 ptsCollege Sports · SYR +46 ptsOff-Field Storylines · SYR +2 ptsSports Betting · SYR +59 ptsTeam & Front Office · SYR +26 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
  • Syracuse Harm: 90th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Syracuse Identity-Based Abuse: 69th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Syracuse Explicit Language: 91st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Syracuse College Sports: 79th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Syracuse Off-Field Storylines: 86th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Syracuse Sports Betting: 84th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Syracuse Team & Front Office: 69th 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 10 of 22 shared weeks, Syracuse's in 12.

CLEMSYR
0%42%85%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: CLEM, SYR
Week ofCLEMSYRComments
2025-08-2376.5%84.7%612
2025-08-3029.6%37.7%4,172
2025-09-0628.8%39.9%3,909
2025-09-1324.3%58.7%3,328
2025-09-2020.2%60.3%3,349
2025-09-2756.9%26.6%752
2025-10-0465%33.9%2,343
2025-10-1159.3%61.6%1,432
2025-10-1830.3%38.2%1,749
2025-10-2544.1%35%1,040
2025-11-0124.9%26.2%2,293
2025-11-0864.4%30.5%3,112
2025-11-1564.1%51.4%4,073
2025-11-2270.3%20.3%3,599
2025-11-2964.6%25.9%5,147
2025-12-0643.9%36.6%966
2025-12-1359.5%32.5%720
2025-12-2082.7%42.9%1,698
2025-12-2740.4%80%2,713
2026-01-0355.4%57.6%572
2026-01-1053.4%64.2%561
2026-01-1752.4%72.7%53
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