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
West Virginia
Mountaineers
On the field
West Virginia won 2922 on Nov 8.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
COLO sentiment · 13,180 comments
Positive59.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative30.6%
Mixed1.3%
WVU sentiment · 31,415 comments
Positive51.6%
Neutral9.6%
Negative37.2%
Mixed1.7%
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
West Virginia

Fan Score

595.4 (better)
515.8

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

59.5% (better)
51.6%

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
West Virginia

Negativity

306.4 (better)
371.6

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

15.2 (better)
41.2

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

Explicit language

4 (better)
22

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.2Race0.2
0.2Gender0.9
0.1LGBTQIA+0.2
0.5Age0.7

Colorado left, West Virginia 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
West Virginia

Betting talk

4.1
4.1

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

119
130.5

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

NIL & portal talk

10.5
13.7

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, West Virginia down
Colorado positive ↑West Virginia positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
COLO 22WVU 29
Colorado had the happier comment section in 9 of 22 shared weeks, West Virginia in 13. When they met on Nov 8, West Virginia won 29–22; West Virginia’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Colorado and West Virginia
Week ofColorado resultColorado positive shareColorado negative shareWest Virginia resultWest Virginia positive shareWest Virginia negative share
2025-08-23L74.5%12.2%53.5%28%
2025-08-3055.8%34.4%W55.9%30.4%
2025-09-06W L81%11%L22%66.7%
2025-09-1333.4%54.7%W67.3%21.1%
2025-09-20W72.9%17.9%L33.8%55.8%
2025-09-27L54%36.8%L L34.5%55.2%
2025-10-04L48.4%42.9%36%52.8%
2025-10-11W73.5%20.6%57.5%27.6%
2025-10-1881.3%10.4%L27.6%61.3%
2025-10-25L28.6%61.1%L50.1%34.9%
2025-11-01L42.3%46.4%W78.3%14.2%
2025-11-08L58.8%29.2%W79.3%11.3%
2025-11-1561.4%28.6%L49.9%40.9%
2025-11-22L67.4%22.5%71.6%11.8%
2025-11-29L44.5%45.3%L53.8%37.2%
2025-12-0658.1%29.6%70%18.8%
2025-12-1364%28.1%86.1%5.6%
2025-12-20100%0%93.2%2.3%
2025-12-2760%30%80.2%6.9%
2026-01-0354.5%31.8%76.7%9.9%
2026-01-1065.6%25.6%80.1%8.5%
2026-01-1756.8%33.9%55.8%29.2%
Reactions from that night · Nov 8
Colorado

Keep fighting prime. I was at FSU same time. I knew you would stay at Colorado for your players. You got no quit

positiveCoachingFacebook

The most dangerous part of their trip is going to be on the Mountaineers field.

negativeStadium ExperienceFacebook
West Virginia

The same reason Donaldson and Clement left $$

negativeNILFacebook

Down goes Colorado go mountaineers

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

ColoradoWest Virginia
Harm · WVU +51 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · WVU +48 ptsCollege Sports · WVU +28 ptsOff-Field Storylines · WVU +65 ptsSports Betting · EvenTeam & Front Office · WVU +19 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
  • West Virginia Harm: 72nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • West Virginia Identity-Based Abuse: 30th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • West Virginia Explicit Language: 52nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • West Virginia College Sports: 83rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • West Virginia Off-Field Storylines: 68th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • West Virginia Sports Betting: 76th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • West Virginia Team & Front Office: 61st 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, West Virginia's in 12.

COLOWVU
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: COLO, WVU
Week ofCOLOWVUComments
2025-08-2374.5%53.5%1,745
2025-08-3055.8%55.9%2,787
2025-09-0681%22%6,654
2025-09-1333.4%67.3%4,834
2025-09-2072.9%33.8%2,954
2025-09-2754%34.5%3,161
2025-10-0448.4%36%1,419
2025-10-1173.5%57.5%1,558
2025-10-1881.3%27.6%1,756
2025-10-2528.6%50.1%2,172
2025-11-0142.3%78.3%3,357
2025-11-0858.8%79.3%2,276
2025-11-1561.4%49.9%1,485
2025-11-2267.4%71.6%1,044
2025-11-2944.5%53.8%3,456
2025-12-0658.1%70%1,172
2025-12-1364%86.1%233
2025-12-20100%93.2%249
2025-12-2760%80.2%511
2026-01-0354.5%76.7%297
2026-01-1065.6%80.1%708
2026-01-1756.8%55.8%767
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