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
San Diego State
Aztecs
On the field
San Diego State won 230 on Oct 25.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
FRES sentiment · 3,370 comments
Positive60.3%
Neutral10.5%
Negative27.4%
Mixed1.8%
SDSU sentiment · 3,850 comments
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.5%
Negative33.5%
Mixed2.4%
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
San Diego State

Fan Score

603.3 (better)
545.5

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

60.3% (better)
54.5%

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
San Diego State

Negativity

274.2 (better)
335.3

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

23.7 (better)
33.2

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

Explicit language

32
(better)27.5

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Fresno State left, San Diego 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.

Fresno State
San Diego State

Betting talk

2.1
3.9

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

116.3
168.1

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

NIL & portal talk

7.1
2.1

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, San Diego State down
Fresno State positive ↑San Diego State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
FRES 0SDSU 23
Fresno State had the happier comment section in 15 of 22 shared weeks, San Diego State in 7. When they met on Oct 25, San Diego State won 23–0; San Diego State’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Fresno State and San Diego State
Week ofFresno State resultFresno State positive shareFresno State negative shareSan Diego State resultSan Diego State positive shareSan Diego State negative share
2025-08-23L41.6%48.6%W50.7%34.3%
2025-08-30W69.9%23.7%54.5%36.4%
2025-09-06W66.3%17.6%L28.5%59.3%
2025-09-13W60.2%24.4%70%30%
2025-09-20W74.2%6.5%W78.3%12.7%
2025-09-2780%13.3%W W66.8%24%
2025-10-04W L78.8%8.7%59%27.1%
2025-10-1117.9%68.7%W76.2%11.9%
2025-10-1849.3%30.7%89.7%0%
2025-10-25L35.1%52.9%W70.8%21.7%
2025-11-01W76.3%14.9%W59.5%27.8%
2025-11-0849.3%31%L25.1%62.3%
2025-11-15W68.8%16.9%W60.4%27.2%
2025-11-22L30.7%58.7%W L63.3%24.3%
2025-11-29W72%15.3%27.7%55.9%
2025-12-0669.7%14.1%62.9%25%
2025-12-1380%13.3%80%20%
2025-12-2085.9%8.3%88.1%4.5%
2025-12-27W81.6%7.4%L59.9%32.7%
2026-01-0375%0%48.4%6.5%
2026-01-10100%0%71.4%14.3%
2026-01-17100%0%90.9%9.1%
Reactions from that night · Oct 25
Fresno State

Pics are so damn dark I can't see anything

negativeBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Faulk the Aztecs ! ! ! 🏈

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook
San Diego State

We are here!!! You’ll hear us yelling!!! You got this!!!

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook

Doing a trick play 1st and goal...turnover?

negativeCoachingFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

Fresno StateSan Diego State
Harm · SDSU +13 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · FRES +9 ptsCollege Sports · FRES +19 ptsOff-Field Storylines · FRES +45 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · SDSU +39 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
  • San Diego State Harm: 53rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • San Diego State Explicit Language: 64th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State College Sports: 61st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State Off-Field Storylines: 44th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • San Diego State Team & Front Office: 79th 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 13 of 22 shared weeks, San Diego State's in 8.

FRESSDSU
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: FRES, SDSU
Week ofFRESSDSUComments
2025-08-2341.6%50.7%487
2025-08-3069.9%54.5%241
2025-09-0666.3%28.5%310
2025-09-1360.2%70%133
2025-09-2074.2%78.3%345
2025-09-2780%66.8%226
2025-10-0478.8%59%314
2025-10-1117.9%76.2%388
2025-10-1849.3%89.7%179
2025-10-2535.1%70.8%513
2025-11-0176.3%59.5%571
2025-11-0849.3%25.1%580
2025-11-1568.8%60.4%472
2025-11-2230.7%63.3%563
2025-11-2972%27.7%697
2025-12-0669.7%62.9%215
2025-12-1380%80%25
2025-12-2085.9%88.1%223
2025-12-2781.6%59.9%664
2026-01-0375%48.4%35
2026-01-10100%71.4%26
2026-01-17100%90.9%13
Behind the numbers

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