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
Utah
Utes
On the field
Utah won 537 on Oct 25.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
COLO sentiment · 13,180 comments
Positive59.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative30.6%
Mixed1.3%
UTAH sentiment · 16,435 comments
Positive55.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative33%
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
Utah

Fan Score

595.4 (better)
559.4

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

59.5% (better)
55.9%

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
Utah

Negativity

306.4 (better)
330.1

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

15.2 (better)
48.9

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

Explicit language

4 (better)
35.3

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Colorado left, Utah 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
Utah

Betting talk

4.1
2.4

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

119
175.1

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

NIL & portal talk

10.5
4.6

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, Utah down
Colorado positive ↑Utah positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
COLO 7UTAH 53
Colorado had the happier comment section in 9 of 22 shared weeks, Utah in 13. When they met on Oct 25, Utah won 53–7; Utah’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Colorado and Utah
Week ofColorado resultColorado positive shareColorado negative shareUtah resultUtah positive shareUtah negative share
2025-08-23L74.5%12.2%65.8%23.2%
2025-08-3055.8%34.4%W78.8%13.4%
2025-09-06W L81%11%W58.2%27.9%
2025-09-1333.4%54.7%W52.6%32%
2025-09-20W72.9%17.9%L27.9%61.4%
2025-09-27L54%36.8%W68%26.4%
2025-10-04L48.4%42.9%51.5%28.2%
2025-10-11W73.5%20.6%W71.4%18.2%
2025-10-1881.3%10.4%L40.2%52.1%
2025-10-25L28.6%61.1%W51%35.7%
2025-11-01L42.3%46.4%W62%27.3%
2025-11-08L58.8%29.2%49.1%38.7%
2025-11-1561.4%28.6%W66.8%22.2%
2025-11-22L67.4%22.5%W W47.9%41.9%
2025-11-29L44.5%45.3%50.4%36.4%
2025-12-0658.1%29.6%65%21%
2025-12-1364%28.1%75.1%16.2%
2025-12-20100%0%35.3%35.3%
2025-12-2760%30%W68.7%21.7%
2026-01-0354.5%31.8%58.1%30.5%
2026-01-1065.6%25.6%43%45.5%
2026-01-1756.8%33.9%53.1%34.4%
Reactions from that night · Oct 25
Colorado

Buffs only beat the cream puffs !

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook

Buffs only beat the cream puffs

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook
Utah

And they can’t do anything else several years in a row??? Look at every other football stadium. Fun, high energy, good show. Rice Eccles…. 🥱

negativeStadium ExperienceFacebook

Here's the link for the streamed https://www.baasith3k.king-cpasports.com/hsfootball.php

neutralBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

ColoradoUtah
Harm · UTAH +56 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · UTAH +77 ptsCollege Sports · COLO +9 ptsOff-Field Storylines · UTAH +85 ptsSports Betting · COLO +51 ptsTeam & Front Office · UTAH +41 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
  • Utah Harm: 77th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Utah Identity-Based Abuse: 73rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Utah Explicit Language: 81st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Utah College Sports: 46th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Utah Off-Field Storylines: 88th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Utah Sports Betting: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Utah Team & Front Office: 83rd 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 10 of 22 shared weeks, Utah's in 12.

COLOUTAH
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: COLO, UTAH
Week ofCOLOUTAHComments
2025-08-2374.5%65.8%793
2025-08-3055.8%78.8%1,450
2025-09-0681%58.2%3,083
2025-09-1333.4%52.6%1,797
2025-09-2072.9%27.9%2,489
2025-09-2754%68%1,268
2025-10-0448.4%51.5%665
2025-10-1173.5%71.4%1,275
2025-10-1881.3%40.2%1,057
2025-10-2528.6%51%2,078
2025-11-0142.3%62%1,599
2025-11-0858.8%49.1%794
2025-11-1561.4%66.8%1,220
2025-11-2267.4%47.9%2,846
2025-11-2944.5%50.4%1,399
2025-12-0658.1%65%1,494
2025-12-1364%75.1%980
2025-12-20100%35.3%44
2025-12-2760%68.7%1,437
2026-01-0354.5%58.1%796
2026-01-1065.6%43%580
2026-01-1756.8%53.1%471
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