Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Mountain West
Fresno State
Bulldogs
vs
Big 12
Kansas
Jayhawks
On the field
Kansas won 317 on Aug 23.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
FRES sentiment · 3,370 comments
Positive60.3%
Neutral10.5%
Negative27.4%
Mixed1.8%
KU sentiment · 8,065 comments
Positive44.1%
Neutral12.7%
Negative41.5%
Mixed1.7%
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.

Fresno State
Kansas

Fan Score

603.3 (better)
440.9

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

60.3% (better)
44.1%

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.

Fresno State
Kansas

Negativity

274.2 (better)
414.9

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

23.7 (better)
56.8

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

Explicit language

32 (better)
32.7

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Fresno State left, Kansas 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.

Fresno State
Kansas

Betting talk

2.1
5.2

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

116.3
134.9

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

NIL & portal talk

7.1
6.8

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: Fresno State up, Kansas down
Fresno State positive ↑Kansas positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
FRES 7KU 31
Fresno State had the happier comment section in 19 of 22 shared weeks, Kansas in 3. When they met on Aug 23, Kansas won 31–7; Kansas’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Fresno State and Kansas
Week ofFresno State resultFresno State positive shareFresno State negative shareKansas resultKansas positive shareKansas negative share
2025-08-23L41.6%48.6%W W64.5%22.1%
2025-08-30W69.9%23.7%43.7%35.2%
2025-09-06W66.3%17.6%L38.8%48.8%
2025-09-13W60.2%24.4%40.1%24.1%
2025-09-20W74.2%6.5%W65.8%18.3%
2025-09-2780%13.3%L29.2%57.4%
2025-10-04W L78.8%8.7%W73.6%17.7%
2025-10-1117.9%68.7%L32.9%55.2%
2025-10-1849.3%30.7%49.4%17.5%
2025-10-25L35.1%52.9%L20.5%68.8%
2025-11-01W76.3%14.9%W46.8%37.5%
2025-11-0849.3%31%L24%65.5%
2025-11-15W68.8%16.9%64.4%24.1%
2025-11-22L30.7%58.7%L L28.7%61.9%
2025-11-29W72%15.3%57.2%34.2%
2025-12-0669.7%14.1%55.6%33.9%
2025-12-1380%13.3%50%34%
2025-12-2085.9%8.3%45.5%36.4%
2025-12-27W81.6%7.4%70.9%18.8%
2026-01-0375%0%52.4%36.9%
2026-01-10100%0%50%10%
2026-01-17100%0%35.6%31.7%
Reactions from that night · Aug 23
Fresno State

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Kansas

Take that $300 million and pay Coach enough so he coaches until he's 80.

negativeFront OfficeFacebook

Why do the subtitles call us the Kansas Seahawks?

neutralBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

Fresno StateKansas
Harm · KU +49 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · KU +2 ptsCollege Sports · FRES +46 ptsOff-Field Storylines · FRES +28 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · KU +22 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.
  • Fresno State Harm: 40th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Fresno State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Fresno State Explicit Language: 73rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Fresno State College Sports: 80th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Fresno State Off-Field Storylines: 89th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Fresno State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Fresno State Team & Front Office: 40th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas Harm: 89th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas Identity-Based Abuse: 67th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas Explicit Language: 75th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas College Sports: 34th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas Off-Field Storylines: 61st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas Sports Betting: 89th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Kansas Team & Front Office: 62nd 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. Fresno State's positive share was higher in 19 of 22 shared weeks, Kansas's in 3.

FRESKU
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: FRES, KU
Week ofFRESKUComments
2025-08-2341.6%64.5%1,161
2025-08-3069.9%43.7%811
2025-09-0666.3%38.8%752
2025-09-1360.2%40.1%355
2025-09-2074.2%65.8%408
2025-09-2780%29.2%506
2025-10-0478.8%73.6%872
2025-10-1117.9%32.9%608
2025-10-1849.3%49.4%567
2025-10-2535.1%20.5%1,069
2025-11-0176.3%46.8%617
2025-11-0849.3%24%462
2025-11-1568.8%64.4%276
2025-11-2230.7%28.7%1,233
2025-11-2972%57.2%459
2025-12-0669.7%55.6%279
2025-12-1380%50%115
2025-12-2085.9%45.5%167
2025-12-2781.6%70.9%509
2026-01-0375%52.4%88
2026-01-10100%50%15
2026-01-17100%35.6%106
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