Whose comment section wins?
Pick any two fanbases and compare what their comment sections say, stat for stat.
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.
Fan Score
Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)
Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)
Positive share
Share of all comments that are positive
Share of all comments that are positive
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.
Negativity
Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Toxicity
Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)
Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)
Explicit language
Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Identity-based abuse, tag by tag
Tag applications per 1,000 comments
Coastal Carolina left, James Madison right. Tag applications per 1,000 comments, on the same scale across every row. Reported as rates only: this block never picks a winner.
What they talk about
Three topic groups where neither direction is better, just louder. These rows describe a comment section instead of scoring it.
Betting talk
Sports-betting comments per 1,000
Sports-betting comments per 1,000
Team & front office talk
Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday
Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday
NIL & portal talk
NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap
NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap
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
| Week of | Coastal Carolina result | Coastal Carolina positive share | Coastal Carolina negative share | James Madison result | James Madison positive share | James Madison negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | – | 76.4% | 8.4% | – | 88.7% | 4.2% |
| 2025-08-30 | L | 60.6% | 31.3% | W L | 83.6% | 7.9% |
| 2025-09-06 | W | 62.4% | 24.6% | – | 22.3% | 65.5% |
| 2025-09-13 | L | 39.8% | 47.3% | – | 64.3% | 17.1% |
| 2025-09-20 | W | 87.9% | 6% | W | 79.8% | 11.6% |
| 2025-09-27 | – | 95% | 0% | W | 92.3% | 5.3% |
| 2025-10-04 | L | 40.7% | 46.2% | W | 61.7% | 27.1% |
| 2025-10-11 | W | 85.4% | 10.4% | W | 68.8% | 22% |
| 2025-10-18 | W | 84.8% | 10% | W | 90.2% | 7.5% |
| 2025-10-25 | W | 67.5% | 15.2% | W | 83.9% | 9% |
| 2025-11-01 | – | 77.6% | 3.4% | – | 86.6% | 5.7% |
| 2025-11-08 | W | 84.1% | 7.1% | W | 84.6% | 8.9% |
| 2025-11-15 | L | 70.3% | 17.8% | W | 83.2% | 7.3% |
| 2025-11-22 | L | 62.3% | 24.9% | W | 80.4% | 11.3% |
| 2025-11-29 | L | 63.6% | 27.2% | W W | 80% | 12.6% |
| 2025-12-06 | – | 73.3% | 16.9% | – | 63.1% | 27.3% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 88.7% | 4.4% | – | 70.7% | 20.7% |
| 2025-12-20 | – | 96.3% | 0% | L | 58.6% | 32.5% |
| 2025-12-27 | L | 73.7% | 15.6% | – | 77% | 17.8% |
| 2026-01-03 | – | 85% | 2.5% | – | 93.8% | 3.6% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 100% | 0% | – | 67.5% | 24% |
| 2026-01-17 | – | 66.7% | 0% | – | 80.1% | 14% |
“Love to see if our coaching staff actually has a plan 🤦🏻♂️”
“Love to know if we get blown out if Tim Beck is fired or our Athletic department is dysfunctional!!!”
“There will be a bunch of there from the Charleston JMU Dukes! South Carolina is JMU Country!”
“We’ll be there, loud & proud! Go Dukes!! 💜💛”
Fingerprint duel
Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.
- Coastal Carolina Harm: 24th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Coastal Carolina Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
- Coastal Carolina Explicit Language: 41st percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Coastal Carolina College Sports: 53rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Coastal Carolina Off-Field Storylines: 8th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Coastal Carolina Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
- Coastal Carolina Team & Front Office: 80th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- James Madison Harm: 43rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- James Madison Identity-Based Abuse: 10th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- James Madison Explicit Language: 6th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- James Madison College Sports: 38th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- James Madison Off-Field Storylines: 13th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- James Madison Sports Betting: 90th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- James Madison Team & Front Office: 47th 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. Coastal Carolina's positive share was higher in 8 of 22 shared weeks, James Madison's in 14.
| Week of | CCU | JMU | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 76.4% | 88.7% | 333 |
| 2025-08-30 | 60.6% | 83.6% | 662 |
| 2025-09-06 | 62.4% | 22.3% | 851 |
| 2025-09-13 | 39.8% | 64.3% | 311 |
| 2025-09-20 | 87.9% | 79.8% | 424 |
| 2025-09-27 | 95% | 92.3% | 189 |
| 2025-10-04 | 40.7% | 61.7% | 542 |
| 2025-10-11 | 85.4% | 68.8% | 599 |
| 2025-10-18 | 84.8% | 90.2% | 779 |
| 2025-10-25 | 67.5% | 83.9% | 740 |
| 2025-11-01 | 77.6% | 86.6% | 252 |
| 2025-11-08 | 84.1% | 84.6% | 826 |
| 2025-11-15 | 70.3% | 83.2% | 734 |
| 2025-11-22 | 62.3% | 80.4% | 1,190 |
| 2025-11-29 | 63.6% | 80% | 1,586 |
| 2025-12-06 | 73.3% | 63.1% | 4,588 |
| 2025-12-13 | 88.7% | 70.7% | 2,224 |
| 2025-12-20 | 96.3% | 58.6% | 3,013 |
| 2025-12-27 | 73.7% | 77% | 585 |
| 2026-01-03 | 85% | 93.8% | 344 |
| 2026-01-10 | 100% | 67.5% | 468 |
| 2026-01-17 | 66.7% | 80.1% | 139 |