Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

American
Florida Atlantic
Owls
vs
American
South Florida
Bulls
On the field
South Florida won 4813 on Oct 18.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
FAU sentiment · 1,154 comments
Positive66%
Neutral10.1%
Negative22.3%
Mixed1.6%
USF sentiment · 16,469 comments
Positive60.9%
Neutral9.7%
Negative26.9%
Mixed2.6%
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.

Florida Atlantic
South Florida

Fan Score

660.3 (better)
608.6

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

66% (better)
60.9%

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.

Florida Atlantic
South Florida

Negativity

222.7 (better)
268.6

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

9.5 (better)
36.1

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

Explicit language

5.2 (better)
31.7

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Florida Atlantic left, South Florida 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.

Florida Atlantic
South Florida

Betting talk

3.5
2.1

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

74.5
194.6

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

NIL & portal talk

14.7
6.6

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: Florida Atlantic up, South Florida down
Florida Atlantic positive ↑South Florida positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
FAU 13USF 48
Florida Atlantic had the happier comment section in 15 of 22 shared weeks, South Florida in 7. When they met on Oct 18, South Florida won 48–13; South Florida’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Florida Atlantic and South Florida
Week ofFlorida Atlantic resultFlorida Atlantic positive shareFlorida Atlantic negative shareSouth Florida resultSouth Florida positive shareSouth Florida negative share
2025-08-2375%16.7%W67.6%20.8%
2025-08-30L45.8%48.1%71.4%17.1%
2025-09-06W89.5%3.5%W74%16.7%
2025-09-13L30.2%62.8%L62.5%27.7%
2025-09-2065.2%21.7%W78.1%12.9%
2025-09-27L53.4%39.7%W54.6%7.1%
2025-10-04W93.8%1.3%W77%14.1%
2025-10-11W89.3%3.6%77%13.7%
2025-10-18L55.8%32.6%W81.1%9.1%
2025-10-25L64.9%27%L44.7%47.4%
2025-11-0136.5%6.7%W74.8%14.6%
2025-11-08W88.2%4.9%79.5%10.8%
2025-11-15L53.1%28.1%L38.1%52.9%
2025-11-22L75.2%18.2%W60.8%24.2%
2025-11-29L52.1%43.6%W58.6%28.2%
2025-12-06100%0%40.5%43.8%
2025-12-13100%0%L41.7%47.4%
2025-12-20100%0%63.5%28.1%
2025-12-2752.9%29.4%36.2%46.6%
2026-01-0390%0%49.3%34.3%
2026-01-1075%12.5%59.2%10.2%
2026-01-1775%0%59.6%34.6%
Reactions from that night · Oct 18
Florida Atlantic

Gotta start rotating that O-LINE. No way quarterback was supposed to get hit that much

negativeCoachingFacebook

Cut down on mistakes. Offensive line needs alot of work.Could not create anything for running game.Short passing game worked for awhile. Got to play alot better in Annapolis as navy is a disciplined team.Go Owls!

mixedOpponent RespectFacebook
South Florida

He is doing amazing things with the Bulls.

positiveCoachingFacebook

who are these fuck nuggets playing this weekend, school of the dumb deaf and blind? FOH....can't wait til they play Memphis or Tulane and get smacked

negativeExplicit WordsOpponent HostilityFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

Florida AtlanticSouth Florida
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.
  • Florida Atlantic Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Florida Atlantic Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Florida Atlantic Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Florida Atlantic College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Florida Atlantic Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • Florida Atlantic Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Florida Atlantic Team & Front Office: low volume, not ranked
  • South Florida Harm: 61st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • South Florida Identity-Based Abuse: 40th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • South Florida Explicit Language: 72nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • South Florida College Sports: 65th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • South Florida Off-Field Storylines: 23rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • South Florida Sports Betting: 11th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • South Florida Team & Front Office: 89th 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. Florida Atlantic's positive share was higher in 15 of 22 shared weeks, South Florida's in 7.

FAUUSF
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: FAU, USF
Week ofFAUUSFComments
2025-08-2375%67.6%748
2025-08-3045.8%71.4%453
2025-09-0689.5%74%3,129
2025-09-1330.2%62.5%874
2025-09-2065.2%78.1%425
2025-09-2753.4%54.6%397
2025-10-0493.8%77%554
2025-10-1189.3%77%829
2025-10-1855.8%81.1%573
2025-10-2564.9%44.7%408
2025-11-0136.5%74.8%577
2025-11-0888.2%79.5%545
2025-11-1553.1%38.1%593
2025-11-2275.2%60.8%571
2025-11-2952.1%58.6%2,809
2025-12-06100%40.5%2,875
2025-12-13100%41.7%596
2025-12-20100%63.5%102
2025-12-2752.9%36.2%75
2026-01-0390%49.3%377
2026-01-1075%59.2%57
2026-01-1775%59.6%56
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