Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

ACC
Florida State
Seminoles
vs
ACC
Stanford
Cardinal
On the field
Stanford won 2013 on Oct 18.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
FSU sentiment · 20,908 comments
Positive39.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative51.5%
Mixed1.6%
STAN sentiment · 3,877 comments
Positive53.8%
Neutral10.9%
Negative32.9%
Mixed2.3%
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 State
Stanford

Fan Score

390.8
(better)538.3

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

39.1%
(better)53.8%

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.

Florida State
Stanford

Negativity

514.6
(better)329.4

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

57.8
(better)34.3

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

Explicit language

60.4
(better)19.1

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Florida State left, Stanford 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 State
Stanford

Betting talk

3.3
6.7

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

189.7
172

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

NIL & portal talk

12.5
17.5

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 State up, Stanford down
Florida State positive ↑Stanford positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
FSU 13STAN 20
Florida State had the happier comment section in 5 of 22 shared weeks, Stanford in 17. When they met on Oct 18, Stanford won 20–13; Stanford’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Florida State and Stanford
Week ofFlorida State resultFlorida State positive shareFlorida State negative shareStanford resultStanford positive shareStanford negative share
2025-08-2339.6%43.4%L31.3%58.2%
2025-08-30W67.1%21.6%58.8%27.5%
2025-09-06W67%20.9%L35.6%54%
2025-09-1351.3%36.4%W73%13.5%
2025-09-20W L50.9%36.3%L63.5%22.2%
2025-09-2726.6%62.4%W69.3%17.3%
2025-10-04L40.3%51.3%58.1%18.5%
2025-10-11L17.9%76.1%L50.9%38.2%
2025-10-18L17.5%74.6%W67.4%15.4%
2025-10-2524.8%63.5%L33.6%57.6%
2025-11-01W58.4%33%L24.5%60%
2025-11-08L29.6%65.3%L30.3%53.5%
2025-11-15W L58.2%32.6%57.7%30.1%
2025-11-2221.2%72.1%W71.2%16.1%
2025-11-29L31.4%61.6%L48.8%40.1%
2025-12-0661.8%29%58.1%25.8%
2025-12-1321.1%66.4%65.9%21.6%
2025-12-2022.3%64%78.6%7.1%
2025-12-2761.9%29.1%75%25%
2026-01-0356.5%35.7%57.5%12.5%
2026-01-1049.5%37.2%83.3%5.6%
2026-01-1754.5%33.8%100%0%
Reactions from that night · Oct 18
Florida State

We can't see a happy medium can we? Poor academics and great team under Jimbo. Great academics and poor team under Norvell

negativeCoachingFacebook

Fire NorveLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL🔥

negativeCoachingFacebook
Stanford

Down with FSU! This is a very winnable game if we don’t turn the ball over.

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook

Time to kick some FSU Mike Norvell ass!

negativeExplicit WordsOpponent HostilityFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

Florida StateStanford
Harm · FSU +32 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · FSU +51 ptsCollege Sports · STAN +25 ptsOff-Field Storylines · STAN +16 ptsSports Betting · STAN +34 ptsTeam & Front Office · FSU +6 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.
  • Florida State Harm: 88th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Florida State Identity-Based Abuse: 81st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Florida State Explicit Language: 100th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Florida State College Sports: 73rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Florida State Off-Field Storylines: 61st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Florida State Sports Betting: 60th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Florida State Team & Front Office: 88th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Stanford Harm: 56th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Stanford Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Stanford Explicit Language: 49th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Stanford College Sports: 98th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Stanford Off-Field Storylines: 77th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Stanford Sports Betting: 94th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Stanford Team & Front Office: 82nd 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 State's positive share was higher in 6 of 22 shared weeks, Stanford's in 16.

FSUSTAN
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: FSU, STAN
Week ofFSUSTANComments
2025-08-2339.6%31.3%1,103
2025-08-3067.1%58.8%1,700
2025-09-0667%35.6%1,020
2025-09-1351.3%73%663
2025-09-2050.9%63.5%1,501
2025-09-2726.6%69.3%2,443
2025-10-0440.3%58.1%2,020
2025-10-1117.9%50.9%2,099
2025-10-1817.5%67.4%1,682
2025-10-2524.8%33.6%407
2025-11-0158.4%24.5%987
2025-11-0829.6%30.3%1,141
2025-11-1558.2%57.7%924
2025-11-2221.2%71.2%2,038
2025-11-2931.4%48.8%1,787
2025-12-0661.8%58.1%217
2025-12-1321.1%65.9%529
2025-12-2022.3%78.6%225
2025-12-2761.9%75%903
2026-01-0356.5%57.5%248
2026-01-1049.5%83.3%771
2026-01-1754.5%100%377
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