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
Mountain West
Nevada
Wolf Pack
On the field
Fresno State won 2017 on Oct 4.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
FRES sentiment · 3,370 comments
Positive60.3%
Neutral10.5%
Negative27.4%
Mixed1.8%
NEV sentiment · 1,086 comments
Positive64.8%
Neutral8.9%
Negative25.1%
Mixed1.1%
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
Nevada

Fan Score

603.3
(better)648.3

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

60.3%
(better)64.8%

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.

Fresno State
Nevada

Negativity

274.2
(better)251.4

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

23.7 (better)
27.6

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

Explicit language

32
(better)27.6

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Fresno State left, Nevada 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
Nevada

Betting talk

2.1
3.7

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

116.3
94.8

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

NIL & portal talk

7.1
2.8

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, Nevada down
Fresno State positive ↑Nevada positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
FRES 20NEV 17
Fresno State had the happier comment section in 10 of 22 shared weeks, Nevada in 11. When they met on Oct 4, Fresno State won 20–17; Fresno State’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Fresno State and Nevada
Week ofFresno State resultFresno State positive shareFresno State negative shareNevada resultNevada positive shareNevada negative share
2025-08-23L41.6%48.6%44.4%16.7%
2025-08-30W69.9%23.7%L73%18.9%
2025-09-06W66.3%17.6%W63.5%27.6%
2025-09-13W60.2%24.4%L66%30%
2025-09-20W74.2%6.5%L66.7%33.3%
2025-09-2780%13.3%42.9%44.9%
2025-10-04W L78.8%8.7%L66.7%0%
2025-10-1117.9%68.7%L40.9%50%
2025-10-1849.3%30.7%L L51%38.8%
2025-10-25L35.1%52.9%54.1%27.9%
2025-11-01W76.3%14.9%62.5%25%
2025-11-0849.3%31%L72.2%11.1%
2025-11-15W68.8%16.9%W79.4%14.7%
2025-11-22L30.7%58.7%W83.9%11.3%
2025-11-29W72%15.3%L43.6%43.6%
2025-12-0669.7%14.1%69.2%7.7%
2025-12-1380%13.3%82.4%5.9%
2025-12-2085.9%8.3%82.1%10.3%
2025-12-27W81.6%7.4%76.5%17.6%
2026-01-0375%0%92.9%0%
2026-01-10100%0%100%0%
2026-01-17100%0%72.7%9.1%
Reactions from that night · Oct 4
Fresno State

Can’t wait for this game, representation matters the most! Our diamonds are going to shine brightly 💎😊❤️ Go DLC!

positivePolitics & ActivismFacebook

Thank you for spreading awareness, hopefully my Benjamin can go watch the game tomorrow 🥰

positivePolitics & ActivismFacebook
Nevada

Missed the game, but my DIL was there!! I spotted her in the background.

positiveFacebook

I watch volleyball because of the competitiveness

neutralFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

Fresno StateNevada
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.
  • 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
  • Nevada Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Nevada Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Nevada Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Nevada College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Nevada Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • Nevada Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Nevada 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. Fresno State's positive share was higher in 10 of 22 shared weeks, Nevada's in 11.

FRESNEV
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: FRES, NEV
Week ofFRESNEVComments
2025-08-2341.6%44.4%304
2025-08-3069.9%73%260
2025-09-0666.3%63.5%357
2025-09-1360.2%66%173
2025-09-2074.2%66.7%127
2025-09-2780%42.9%79
2025-10-0478.8%66.7%107
2025-10-1117.9%40.9%328
2025-10-1849.3%51%199
2025-10-2535.1%54.1%252
2025-11-0176.3%62.5%294
2025-11-0849.3%72.2%89
2025-11-1568.8%79.4%393
2025-11-2230.7%83.9%287
2025-11-2972%43.6%408
2025-12-0669.7%69.2%125
2025-12-1380%82.4%32
2025-12-2085.9%82.1%195
2025-12-2781.6%76.5%409
2026-01-0375%92.9%18
2026-01-10100%100%7
2026-01-17100%72.7%13
Behind the numbers

Sence read 2,498,712 college-football comments to build this site. It can read yours.