Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

MAC
Eastern Michigan
Eagles
vs
Sun Belt
Texas State
Bobcats
On the field
Texas State won 5227 on Aug 30.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
EMU sentiment · 67 comments
Positive61.2%
Neutral11.9%
Negative25.4%
Mixed1.5%
TXST sentiment · 2,245 comments
Positive70.8%
Neutral9.4%
Negative18.6%
Mixed1.2%
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.

Eastern Michigan
Texas State

Fan Score

611.9
(better)707.8

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

61.2%
(better)70.8%

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.

Eastern Michigan
Texas State

Negativity

253.7
(better)186.2

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

29.9
(better)8.9

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

Explicit language

0 (better)
17.4

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Eastern Michigan left, Texas 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.

Eastern Michigan
Texas State

Betting talk

0
3.1

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

268.7
84.2

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

NIL & portal talk

14.9
2.7

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: Eastern Michigan up, Texas State down
Eastern Michigan positive ↑Texas State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
EMU 27TXST 52
Eastern Michigan had the happier comment section in 10 of 15 shared weeks, Texas State in 5. When they met on Aug 30, Texas State won 52–27; Eastern Michigan’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Eastern Michigan and Texas State
Week ofEastern Michigan resultEastern Michigan positive shareEastern Michigan negative shareTexas State resultTexas State positive shareTexas State negative share
2025-08-23100%0%76.9%0%
2025-08-30L100%0%W77.1%1.4%
2025-09-06L100%0%W89.3%2.8%
2025-09-13L0%100%L69.6%18.8%
2025-09-20WW77.4%7.5%
2025-09-27L60%0%
2025-10-04L100%0%L37.4%52.8%
2025-10-11W100%0%L33.6%55.5%
2025-10-18L50%50%L32.9%55.9%
2025-10-25L0%0%L42.4%50.5%
2025-11-0160%28%
2025-11-08W63.6%27.3%L34%60.6%
2025-11-15W52%32%W84.3%9.6%
2025-11-22L100%0%W88.7%1.6%
2025-11-29100%0%W88.1%2%
2025-12-0671.4%14.3%100%0%
2025-12-130%100%83.3%0%
2025-12-2087.5%0%
2025-12-27W77.9%11.7%
2026-01-0390.7%4%
2026-01-10
2026-01-1720%40%83.1%6%
Reactions from that night · Aug 30
Eastern Michigan

EMU ALUM.GRAUATE IN 1960 IS PROUD OF HIS YPSILANTI UNIVERSITY.BRAVO.

positiveFacebook
Texas State

Is the game going to be televised?

neutralBroadcast & MediaFacebook

I'ts GAME DAY ⤵ Live Game will be broadcast Https://nurbuat.king-cpasports.com/football?live=%20Streaming%20Official%20Full%20HD

positiveBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

Eastern MichiganTexas State
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.
  • Eastern Michigan Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Eastern Michigan Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Eastern Michigan Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Eastern Michigan College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Eastern Michigan Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • Eastern Michigan Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Eastern Michigan Team & Front Office: low volume, not ranked
  • Texas State Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Texas State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Texas State Explicit Language: 47th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Texas State College Sports: 52nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Texas State Off-Field Storylines: 45th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Texas State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Texas State Team & Front Office: 13th 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. Eastern Michigan's positive share was higher in 9 of 15 shared weeks, Texas State's in 6.

EMUTXST
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: EMU, TXST
Week ofEMUTXSTComments
2025-08-23100%76.9%14
2025-08-30100%77.1%211
2025-09-06100%89.3%458
2025-09-130%69.6%113
2025-09-200%77.4%93
2025-09-270%60%10
2025-10-04100%37.4%127
2025-10-11100%33.6%121
2025-10-1850%32.9%145
2025-10-250%42.4%100
2025-11-010%60%50
2025-11-0863.6%34%105
2025-11-1552%84.3%140
2025-11-22100%88.7%65
2025-11-29100%88.1%203
2025-12-0671.4%100%25
2025-12-130%83.3%7
2025-12-200%87.5%8
2025-12-270%77.9%154
2026-01-030%90.7%75
2026-01-100%0%0
2026-01-1720%83.1%88
Behind the numbers

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