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 Jose State
Spartans
On the field
Fresno State won 4114 on Nov 29.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
FRES sentiment · 3,370 comments
Positive60.3%
Neutral10.5%
Negative27.4%
Mixed1.8%
SJSU sentiment · 1,563 comments
Positive50.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative39.1%
Mixed3.4%
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 Jose State

Fan Score

603.3 (better)
507.4

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

60.3% (better)
50.7%

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 Jose State

Negativity

274.2 (better)
390.9

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

23.7 (better)
26.2

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

Explicit language

32
(better)29.4

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Fresno State left, San Jose 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 Jose State

Betting talk

2.1
6.4

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

116.3
156.1

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

NIL & portal talk

7.1
19.8

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, San Jose State down
Fresno State positive ↑San Jose State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
FRES 41SJSU 14
Fresno State had the happier comment section in 14 of 21 shared weeks, San Jose State in 6. When they met on Nov 29, Fresno State won 41–14; Fresno State’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Fresno State and San Jose State
Week ofFresno State resultFresno State positive shareFresno State negative shareSan Jose State resultSan Jose State positive shareSan Jose State negative share
2025-08-23L41.6%48.6%L84.4%3.1%
2025-08-30W69.9%23.7%37.7%52.3%
2025-09-06W66.3%17.6%L58.2%29.7%
2025-09-13W60.2%24.4%55%35%
2025-09-20W74.2%6.5%W86.1%8.3%
2025-09-2780%13.3%L W54.3%37.2%
2025-10-04W L78.8%8.7%89.6%3%
2025-10-1117.9%68.7%L L39.9%50.7%
2025-10-1849.3%30.7%26.3%55.6%
2025-10-25L35.1%52.9%72.7%18.2%
2025-11-01W76.3%14.9%W70.5%23.1%
2025-11-0849.3%31%L47.8%41.1%
2025-11-15W68.8%16.9%L30.4%60.2%
2025-11-22L30.7%58.7%L35%56.9%
2025-11-29W72%15.3%L43.6%46.2%
2025-12-0669.7%14.1%62.5%12.5%
2025-12-1380%13.3%37.1%40%
2025-12-2085.9%8.3%60%40%
2025-12-27W81.6%7.4%
2026-01-0375%0%77.8%16.7%
2026-01-10100%0%66.7%0%
2026-01-17100%0%100%0%
Reactions from that night · Nov 29
Fresno State

It would be nice to identify these players in the captions fir those who cannot identify them. I guess one is DaRon Bland, but cannot ID The others.

neutralBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Please play a quarterback who will be on the team next year. Let's start now!

positiveCoachingFacebook
San Jose State

I hope they start a different OLine.

positiveCoachingFacebook

I am SO HAPPY to see SJS spending money…ON ADVERTISING up coming games…NEVER happened before. Let’s get some butts in the seats for BASKETBALL too!

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

Fresno StateSan Jose State
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
  • San Jose State Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State 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 13 of 21 shared weeks, San Jose State's in 7.

FRESSJSU
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: FRES, SJSU
Week ofFRESSJSUComments
2025-08-2341.6%84.4%318
2025-08-3069.9%37.7%337
2025-09-0666.3%58.2%278
2025-09-1360.2%55%143
2025-09-2074.2%86.1%196
2025-09-2780%54.3%159
2025-10-0478.8%89.6%239
2025-10-1117.9%39.9%400
2025-10-1849.3%26.3%249
2025-10-2535.1%72.7%213
2025-11-0176.3%70.5%340
2025-11-0849.3%47.8%161
2025-11-1568.8%30.4%360
2025-11-2230.7%35%362
2025-11-2972%43.6%424
2025-12-0669.7%62.5%107
2025-12-1380%37.1%50
2025-12-2085.9%60%161
2025-12-2781.6%0%392
2026-01-0375%77.8%22
2026-01-10100%66.7%17
2026-01-17100%100%5
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