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 Ten
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
COLO sentiment · 13,180 comments
Positive59.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative30.6%
Mixed1.3%
NEB sentiment · 47,727 comments
Positive46.6%
Neutral8.9%
Negative42.5%
Mixed2%
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
Nebraska

Fan Score

595.4 (better)
466

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

59.5% (better)
46.6%

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.

Colorado
Nebraska

Negativity

306.4 (better)
425.4

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

15.2 (better)
57.8

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

Explicit language

4 (better)
41.5

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.2Race0.6
0.2Gender2.8
0.1LGBTQIA+0.7
0.5Age1.6

Colorado left, Nebraska 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
Nebraska

Betting talk

4.1
3.7

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

119
135

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

NIL & portal talk

10.5
10.5

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, Nebraska down
Colorado positive ↑Nebraska positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
Colorado had the happier comment section in 12 of 22 shared weeks, Nebraska in 10.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Colorado and Nebraska
Week ofColorado resultColorado positive shareColorado negative shareNebraska resultNebraska positive shareNebraska negative share
2025-08-23L74.5%12.2%W51.4%35.5%
2025-08-3055.8%34.4%64.1%23.3%
2025-09-06W L81%11%W56%30%
2025-09-1333.4%54.7%W62.3%25.6%
2025-09-20W72.9%17.9%L34.1%56.3%
2025-09-27L54%36.8%73.9%17.6%
2025-10-04L48.4%42.9%W55.5%34.5%
2025-10-11W73.5%20.6%W L64.6%24.8%
2025-10-1881.3%10.4%19.4%71.3%
2025-10-25L28.6%61.1%W49.6%39.6%
2025-11-01L42.3%46.4%L31.3%57.6%
2025-11-08L58.8%29.2%W65.3%24.6%
2025-11-1561.4%28.6%66.1%18.7%
2025-11-22L67.4%22.5%L L28.6%62%
2025-11-29L44.5%45.3%59.3%32.9%
2025-12-0658.1%29.6%41.5%46.7%
2025-12-1364%28.1%48.5%37.1%
2025-12-20100%0%74.6%18.6%
2025-12-2760%30%L30.2%58.9%
2026-01-0354.5%31.8%53.9%30.9%
2026-01-1065.6%25.6%63.5%24.2%
2026-01-1756.8%33.9%68%24.8%

Fingerprint duel

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

ColoradoNebraska
Harm · NEB +64 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · NEB +86 ptsCollege Sports · NEB +13 ptsOff-Field Storylines · NEB +38 ptsSports Betting · COLO +9 ptsTeam & Front Office · NEB +21 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
  • Nebraska Harm: 85th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Identity-Based Abuse: 89th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Explicit Language: 90th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska College Sports: 68th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Off-Field Storylines: 41st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Sports Betting: 67th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Team & Front Office: 63rd 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 13 of 22 shared weeks, Nebraska's in 9.

COLONEB
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: COLO, NEB
Week ofCOLONEBComments
2025-08-2374.5%51.4%4,622
2025-08-3055.8%64.1%1,566
2025-09-0681%56%5,233
2025-09-1333.4%62.3%3,117
2025-09-2072.9%34.1%4,016
2025-09-2754%73.9%1,133
2025-10-0448.4%55.5%2,739
2025-10-1173.5%64.6%4,654
2025-10-1881.3%19.4%3,721
2025-10-2528.6%49.6%3,836
2025-11-0142.3%31.3%3,854
2025-11-0858.8%65.3%4,477
2025-11-1561.4%66.1%942
2025-11-2267.4%28.6%5,537
2025-11-2944.5%59.3%2,448
2025-12-0658.1%41.5%1,520
2025-12-1364%48.5%464
2025-12-20100%74.6%338
2025-12-2760%30.2%4,216
2026-01-0354.5%53.9%610
2026-01-1065.6%63.5%997
2026-01-1756.8%68%867
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