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
Mountain West
Wyoming
Cowboys
On the field
Colorado won 3720 on Sep 20.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
COLO sentiment · 13,180 comments
Positive59.5%
Neutral8.5%
Negative30.6%
Mixed1.3%
WYO sentiment · 7,961 comments
Positive57.2%
Neutral11.6%
Negative29.3%
Mixed1.9%
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
Wyoming

Fan Score

595.4 (better)
571.7

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

59.5% (better)
57.2%

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
Wyoming

Negativity

306.4
(better)293.2

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

15.2 (better)
17.7

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

Explicit language

4 (better)
4.4

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.2Race0.1
0.2Gender0.1
0.1LGBTQIA+0.1
0.5Age0.3

Colorado left, Wyoming 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
Wyoming

Betting talk

4.1
3

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

119
151.1

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

NIL & portal talk

10.5
10.8

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, Wyoming down
Colorado positive ↑Wyoming positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
COLO 37WYO 20
Colorado had the happier comment section in 10 of 22 shared weeks, Wyoming in 12. When they met on Sep 20, Colorado won 37–20; Colorado’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Colorado and Wyoming
Week ofColorado resultColorado positive shareColorado negative shareWyoming resultWyoming positive shareWyoming negative share
2025-08-23L74.5%12.2%W72.3%18.1%
2025-08-3055.8%34.4%66.4%16.3%
2025-09-06W L81%11%W72.5%9.8%
2025-09-1333.4%54.7%L59%27.5%
2025-09-20W72.9%17.9%L36.6%50%
2025-09-27L54%36.8%74.7%11.4%
2025-10-04L48.4%42.9%L32.5%50.2%
2025-10-11W73.5%20.6%W74.1%13.8%
2025-10-1881.3%10.4%L41.2%42.9%
2025-10-25L28.6%61.1%W79.2%7.8%
2025-11-01L42.3%46.4%L52.3%36%
2025-11-08L58.8%29.2%47.8%17.4%
2025-11-1561.4%28.6%L49.4%39.8%
2025-11-22L67.4%22.5%L56.3%30.9%
2025-11-29L44.5%45.3%L31.5%56.5%
2025-12-0658.1%29.6%43.5%50%
2025-12-1364%28.1%65.2%21.7%
2025-12-20100%0%68.6%11.4%
2025-12-2760%30%56.3%0%
2026-01-0354.5%31.8%86.1%5.6%
2026-01-1065.6%25.6%84.2%5.9%
2026-01-1756.8%33.9%100%0%
Reactions from that night · Sep 20
Colorado

They better beat Wyoming or the fans will be irate!!!

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook

Buffaloes better execute tomorrow or the Pokes will be having a lot of Buffalo Steak ! CU needs to stomp a mudhole ! Go Buffs !

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook
Wyoming

No thanks seats sucked in 1991 when I went and won't go back!!!

negativeStadium ExperienceFacebook

We came all the way from the hill country of Texas to watch you play!!

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

ColoradoWyoming
Harm · WYO +5 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · WYO +1 ptsCollege Sports · WYO +4 ptsOff-Field Storylines · WYO +60 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · WYO +28 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
  • Wyoming Harm: 26th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Wyoming Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Wyoming Explicit Language: 5th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Wyoming College Sports: 59th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Wyoming Off-Field Storylines: 63rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Wyoming Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Wyoming Team & Front Office: 70th 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 12 of 22 shared weeks, Wyoming's in 10.

COLOWYO
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: COLO, WYO
Week ofCOLOWYOComments
2025-08-2374.5%72.3%1,313
2025-08-3055.8%66.4%1,118
2025-09-0681%72.5%2,681
2025-09-1333.4%59%1,408
2025-09-2072.9%36.6%1,476
2025-09-2754%74.7%859
2025-10-0448.4%32.5%963
2025-10-1173.5%74.1%1,388
2025-10-1881.3%41.2%908
2025-10-2528.6%79.2%1,686
2025-11-0142.3%52.3%877
2025-11-0858.8%47.8%677
2025-11-1561.4%49.4%838
2025-11-2267.4%56.3%1,519
2025-11-2944.5%31.5%1,423
2025-12-0658.1%43.5%912
2025-12-1364%65.2%112
2025-12-20100%68.6%62
2025-12-2760%56.3%36
2026-01-0354.5%86.1%116
2026-01-1065.6%84.2%351
2026-01-1756.8%100%418
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