Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

American
East Carolina
Pirates
vs
ACC
NC State
Wolfpack
On the field
NC State won 2417 on Aug 28.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
ECU sentiment · 6,181 comments
Positive77.2%
Neutral10.2%
Negative11.4%
Mixed1.3%
NCST sentiment · 4,850 comments
Positive57.9%
Neutral8.6%
Negative31.6%
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.

East Carolina
NC State

Fan Score

771.6 (better)
579

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

77.2% (better)
57.9%

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.

East Carolina
NC State

Negativity

114.2 (better)
316.5

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

12.6 (better)
32.2

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

Explicit language

10.5 (better)
23.7

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

East Carolina left, NC State 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.

East Carolina
NC State

Betting talk

1.6
2.5

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

66.5
165.4

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

NIL & portal talk

3.9
10.3

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: East Carolina up, NC State down
East Carolina positive ↑NC State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
ECU 17NCST 24
East Carolina had the happier comment section in 18 of 22 shared weeks, NC State in 4. When they met on Aug 28, NC State won 24–17; East Carolina’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for East Carolina and NC State
Week ofEast Carolina resultEast Carolina positive shareEast Carolina negative shareNC State resultNC State positive shareNC State negative share
2025-08-23L62.6%19.8%W63.5%24.1%
2025-08-3076.2%12.7%34%54.9%
2025-09-06W62.8%22.1%W W54.4%36.9%
2025-09-13W77.3%12%78%14%
2025-09-20L W67.3%16.5%L52.6%36.1%
2025-09-2768.3%14.4%L37.4%55.5%
2025-10-04L78.9%13.2%W47.1%37.5%
2025-10-11W76%14.6%L52.6%35.6%
2025-10-1875.9%11.1%63.6%22.7%
2025-10-2576.5%10.3%L26.3%64%
2025-11-01W87%3.7%W68.3%23.6%
2025-11-08W68.4%5.3%86.1%7.4%
2025-11-15W86.9%7%L W36.9%53.3%
2025-11-22L58.8%31.6%73%18.1%
2025-11-29W88.5%7%W69.3%22.6%
2025-12-0660%20%54.3%32.1%
2025-12-1388.5%5.7%W58.5%20.8%
2025-12-2083%9%88.1%9%
2025-12-27W82.8%9.3%86.7%8.3%
2026-01-0392.8%4.8%66%15.1%
2026-01-1094.5%2.7%62.5%12.5%
2026-01-1781.5%7.4%21.7%60.9%
Reactions from that night · Aug 28
East Carolina

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 gone be long quite ride home for ecu after this. Roll tide # blowout

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook

I recall when ECU carried Alabama to the edge. A ref gave Alabama an extra timeout that allowed Alabama to get off another play and win the game. Then App State went to Michigan and won.

neutralOfficiatingFacebook
NC State

Thats what's up right there ! Don't hold back coach , you be you coach ! Go Pack !

positiveCoachingFacebook

Can he also coach the game?

negativeCoachingFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

East CarolinaNC State
Harm · NCST +45 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · NCST +30 ptsCollege Sports · NCST +20 ptsOff-Field Storylines · ECU +20 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · NCST +73 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.
  • East Carolina Harm: 10th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • East Carolina Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • East Carolina Explicit Language: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • East Carolina College Sports: 29th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • East Carolina Off-Field Storylines: 59th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • East Carolina Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • East Carolina Team & Front Office: 4th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • NC State Harm: 55th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • NC State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • NC State Explicit Language: 55th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • NC State College Sports: 49th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • NC State Off-Field Storylines: 39th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • NC State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • NC State Team & Front Office: 77th 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. East Carolina's positive share was higher in 16 of 22 shared weeks, NC State's in 6.

ECUNCST
0%47%95%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: ECU, NCST
Week ofECUNCSTComments
2025-08-2362.6%63.5%903
2025-08-3076.2%34%216
2025-09-0662.8%54.4%797
2025-09-1377.3%78%439
2025-09-2067.3%52.6%752
2025-09-2768.3%37.4%452
2025-10-0478.9%47.1%490
2025-10-1176%52.6%327
2025-10-1875.9%63.6%130
2025-10-2576.5%26.3%254
2025-11-0187%68.3%871
2025-11-0868.4%86.1%693
2025-11-1586.9%36.9%1,048
2025-11-2258.8%73%517
2025-11-2988.5%69.3%790
2025-12-0660%54.3%335
2025-12-1388.5%58.5%294
2025-12-2083%88.1%556
2025-12-2782.8%86.7%747
2026-01-0392.8%66%220
2026-01-1094.5%62.5%150
2026-01-1781.5%21.7%50
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