Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Big 12
Colorado
Buffaloes
vs
Big 12
Houston
Cougars
On the field
Houston won 3620 on Sep 12.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
COLO sentiment · 13,180 comments
Positive59.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative30.6%
Mixed1.3%
HOU sentiment · 17,558 comments
Positive68.3%
Neutral8.2%
Negative22.1%
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.

Colorado
Houston

Fan Score

595.4
(better)683.2

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

59.5%
(better)68.3%

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.

Colorado
Houston

Negativity

306.4
(better)220.8

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

15.2 (better)
29.8

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

Explicit language

4 (better)
22.7

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.2Race0.5
0.2Gender0.9
0.1LGBTQIA+0.3
0.5Age0.6

Colorado left, Houston 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.

Colorado
Houston

Betting talk

4.1
2.8

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

119
115.8

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

NIL & portal talk

10.5
5.6

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: Colorado up, Houston down
Colorado positive ↑Houston positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
COLO 20HOU 36
Colorado had the happier comment section in 6 of 22 shared weeks, Houston in 16. When they met on Sep 12, Houston won 36–20; Colorado’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Colorado and Houston
Week ofColorado resultColorado positive shareColorado negative shareHouston resultHouston positive shareHouston negative share
2025-08-23L74.5%12.2%W65.7%21.2%
2025-08-3055.8%34.4%74.3%15.4%
2025-09-06W L81%11%W W79%12.8%
2025-09-1333.4%54.7%75.7%17.1%
2025-09-20W72.9%17.9%W79%12%
2025-09-27L54%36.8%59.2%28.5%
2025-10-04L48.4%42.9%L49.5%37.3%
2025-10-11W73.5%20.6%W80.9%11.4%
2025-10-1881.3%10.4%W81.1%10.3%
2025-10-25L28.6%61.1%W86.4%7.5%
2025-11-01L42.3%46.4%L W47.2%46.4%
2025-11-08L58.8%29.2%73.3%18.4%
2025-11-1561.4%28.6%76.8%15.9%
2025-11-22L67.4%22.5%L47.6%44%
2025-11-29L44.5%45.3%W82.7%10.8%
2025-12-0658.1%29.6%66.8%10.7%
2025-12-1364%28.1%75.8%13%
2025-12-20100%0%85.1%5%
2025-12-2760%30%W57.3%34.3%
2026-01-0354.5%31.8%83.9%7.4%
2026-01-1065.6%25.6%81%7.9%
2026-01-1756.8%33.9%73.8%17.9%
Reactions from that night · Sep 12
Colorado

Headed to the third game of the season, and this program doesn’t even know who’s leading the offense at QB.. wild

negativeCoachingFacebook

We’ll see if the Coach matters or not for SURE! 🤣 JST 2025

negativeCoachingFacebook
Houston

I guess he didn’t like the new Rice coach. If he ends up in pro ball I’ll be surprised.

neutralCoachingFacebook

𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐋𝐀 𝐘𝐎 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐊𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐀 ❣️(❁´◡`❁)

positiveNILFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

ColoradoHouston
Harm · HOU +27 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · HOU +50 ptsCollege Sports · COLO +24 ptsOff-Field Storylines · HOU +30 ptsSports Betting · COLO +36 ptsTeam & Front Office · COLO +3 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.
  • Colorado Harm: 21st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Colorado Explicit Language: 4th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado College Sports: 55th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado Off-Field Storylines: 3rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado Sports Betting: 76th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Colorado Team & Front Office: 42nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Houston Harm: 48th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Houston Identity-Based Abuse: 20th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Houston Explicit Language: 54th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Houston College Sports: 31st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Houston Off-Field Storylines: 33rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Houston Sports Betting: 40th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Houston Team & Front Office: 39th 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. Colorado's positive share was higher in 6 of 22 shared weeks, Houston's in 16.

COLOHOU
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: COLO, HOU
Week ofCOLOHOUComments
2025-08-2374.5%65.7%1,294
2025-08-3055.8%74.3%1,042
2025-09-0681%79%2,937
2025-09-1333.4%75.7%1,604
2025-09-2072.9%79%1,318
2025-09-2754%59.2%2,490
2025-10-0448.4%49.5%1,681
2025-10-1173.5%80.9%1,401
2025-10-1881.3%81.1%1,348
2025-10-2528.6%86.4%2,361
2025-11-0142.3%47.2%1,764
2025-11-0858.8%73.3%1,430
2025-11-1561.4%76.8%761
2025-11-2267.4%47.6%1,401
2025-11-2944.5%82.7%1,708
2025-12-0658.1%66.8%1,517
2025-12-1364%75.8%419
2025-12-20100%85.1%525
2025-12-2760%57.3%2,394
2026-01-0354.5%83.9%329
2026-01-1065.6%81%439
2026-01-1756.8%73.8%575
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