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
American
Temple
Owls
On the field
East Carolina won 4514 on Nov 1.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
ECU sentiment · 6,181 comments
Positive77.2%
Neutral10.2%
Negative11.4%
Mixed1.3%
TEM sentiment · 1,915 comments
Positive73.9%
Neutral9.2%
Negative15.9%
Mixed1%
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
Temple

Fan Score

771.6 (better)
738.9

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

77.2% (better)
73.9%

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
Temple

Negativity

114.2 (better)
158.7

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

12.6 (better)
16.7

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

Explicit language

10.5
(better)7.3

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

East Carolina left, Temple 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
Temple

Betting talk

1.6
4.7

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

66.5
101.3

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

NIL & portal talk

3.9
5.7

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: East Carolina up, Temple down
East Carolina positive ↑Temple positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
ECU 45TEM 14
East Carolina had the happier comment section in 9 of 22 shared weeks, Temple in 13. When they met on Nov 1, East Carolina won 45–14; East Carolina’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for East Carolina and Temple
Week ofEast Carolina resultEast Carolina positive shareEast Carolina negative shareTemple resultTemple positive shareTemple negative share
2025-08-23L62.6%19.8%82.2%4.1%
2025-08-3076.2%12.7%W88.7%6.2%
2025-09-06W62.8%22.1%W83.2%6.7%
2025-09-13W77.3%12%L61%25%
2025-09-20L W67.3%16.5%L78.8%12.9%
2025-09-2768.3%14.4%88.6%0%
2025-10-04L78.9%13.2%W80.5%7.3%
2025-10-11W76%14.6%L63%23.9%
2025-10-1875.9%11.1%W83%9.4%
2025-10-2576.5%10.3%W85.2%8.9%
2025-11-01W87%3.7%L75.2%17.7%
2025-11-08W68.4%5.3%L76.2%7.1%
2025-11-15W86.9%7%87.2%2.6%
2025-11-22L58.8%31.6%L L68.6%21.6%
2025-11-29W88.5%7%75.4%16.9%
2025-12-0660%20%24.2%57%
2025-12-1388.5%5.7%33.3%0%
2025-12-2083%9%100%0%
2025-12-27W82.8%9.3%100%0%
2026-01-0392.8%4.8%68.2%18.2%
2026-01-1094.5%2.7%70%10%
2026-01-1781.5%7.4%0%100%
Reactions from that night · Nov 1
East Carolina

Here's the link for the streamed: https://www.grandong.sport-affclub.com/hsfootball.php

neutralBroadcast & MediaFacebook

GO PIRATES!! BEAT THOSE TEMPLE OWLS!!! 💜💛🏈💜💛🏈💜💛

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook
Temple

These video productions are getting better and better. Go owls! Time to get bowl eligible.

positiveBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Fowls gonna pack 5k in today !! 😂

negativeCrowd & AttendanceFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

East CarolinaTemple
Harm · Low volumeIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · Low volumeCollege Sports · Low volumeOff-Field Storylines · Low volumeSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · Low volume
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
  • Temple Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple Team & Front Office: low volume, not ranked

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 9 of 22 shared weeks, Temple's in 13.

ECUTEM
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: ECU, TEM
Week ofECUTEMComments
2025-08-2362.6%82.2%557
2025-08-3076.2%88.7%258
2025-09-0662.8%83.2%458
2025-09-1377.3%61%325
2025-09-2067.3%78.8%510
2025-09-2768.3%88.6%139
2025-10-0478.9%80.5%278
2025-10-1176%63%284
2025-10-1875.9%83%332
2025-10-2576.5%85.2%304
2025-11-0187%75.2%568
2025-11-0868.4%76.2%627
2025-11-1586.9%87.2%862
2025-11-2258.8%68.6%393
2025-11-2988.5%75.4%510
2025-12-0660%24.2%256
2025-12-1388.5%33.3%90
2025-12-2083%100%319
2025-12-2782.8%100%689
2026-01-0392.8%68.2%189
2026-01-1094.5%70%120
2026-01-1781.5%0%28
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