Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

ACC
Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets
vs
ACC
NC State
Wolfpack
On the field
NC State won 4836 on Nov 1.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
GT sentiment · 35,814 comments
Positive67%
Neutral9.5%
Negative21.3%
Mixed2.2%
NCST sentiment · 4,850 comments
Positive57.9%
Neutral8.6%
Negative31.6%
Mixed1.9%
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.

Georgia Tech
NC State

Fan Score

670.1 (better)
579

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

67% (better)
57.9%

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.

Georgia Tech
NC State

Negativity

213.2 (better)
316.5

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

17.3 (better)
32.2

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

Explicit language

9.3 (better)
23.7

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.2Race0.6
0.7Gender1.2
0.4Age0.4

Georgia Tech left, NC 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.

Georgia Tech
NC State

Betting talk

1.5
2.5

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

94.5
165.4

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

NIL & portal talk

2.7
10.3

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: Georgia Tech up, NC State down
Georgia Tech positive ↑NC State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
GT 36NCST 48
Georgia Tech had the happier comment section in 17 of 22 shared weeks, NC State in 5. When they met on Nov 1, NC State won 48–36; NC State’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Georgia Tech and NC State
Week ofGeorgia Tech resultGeorgia Tech positive shareGeorgia Tech negative shareNC State resultNC State positive shareNC State negative share
2025-08-23W87.8%5.9%W63.5%24.1%
2025-08-3070.4%18.9%34%54.9%
2025-09-06W72.4%11.4%W W54.4%36.9%
2025-09-13W76.6%12.4%78%14%
2025-09-20W66.2%18.8%L52.6%36.1%
2025-09-27W56.2%32.6%L37.4%55.5%
2025-10-0473.3%11.8%W47.1%37.5%
2025-10-11W73%15.3%L52.6%35.6%
2025-10-18W74.7%15.2%63.6%22.7%
2025-10-25W76.9%13.3%L26.3%64%
2025-11-01L42.1%47.1%W68.3%23.6%
2025-11-0870.3%16.8%86.1%7.4%
2025-11-15W53.1%30.9%L W36.9%53.3%
2025-11-22L L56.2%32.7%73%18.1%
2025-11-2975.5%17.5%W69.3%22.6%
2025-12-0675.2%15.1%54.3%32.1%
2025-12-1380.1%11.4%W58.5%20.8%
2025-12-2079.8%8%88.1%9%
2025-12-27L55.4%28.9%86.7%8.3%
2026-01-0369.3%17.4%66%15.1%
2026-01-1072.2%15.9%62.5%12.5%
2026-01-1747.4%36.8%21.7%60.9%
Reactions from that night · Nov 1
Georgia Tech

DO NOT JUST BEAT STATE !! CRUSH THEM ! BEAT THEM SO BAD DAVE DOEREN IS FIRED AT HALFTIME !!

positiveCoachingOpponent HostilityFacebook

Not for YouTube TV customers unfortunately

negativeBroadcast & MediaFacebook
NC State

Need to contact Disney/ESPN about stop being so greedy. Not YouTube fault

negativeBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Disappointed that my alma mater is now posting the same nonsense as ESPN. BOTH Disney and Google are at fault. I may listen to the radio broadcast but I’m not giving either entity my time or money.

negativeBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

Georgia TechNC State
Harm · NCST +33 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · NCST +32 ptsCollege Sports · NCST +41 ptsOff-Field Storylines · GT +7 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · NCST +57 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.
  • Georgia Tech Harm: 22nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Georgia Tech Identity-Based Abuse: 9th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Georgia Tech Explicit Language: 23rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Georgia Tech College Sports: 8th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Georgia Tech Off-Field Storylines: 46th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Georgia Tech Sports Betting: 2nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Georgia Tech Team & Front Office: 20th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • NC State Harm: 55th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • NC State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • NC State Explicit Language: 55th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • NC State College Sports: 49th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • NC State Off-Field Storylines: 39th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • NC State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • NC State Team & Front Office: 77th 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. Georgia Tech's positive share was higher in 16 of 22 shared weeks, NC State's in 6.

GTNCST
0%44%88%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: GT, NCST
Week ofGTNCSTComments
2025-08-2387.8%63.5%1,433
2025-08-3070.4%34%2,506
2025-09-0672.4%54.4%1,633
2025-09-1376.6%78%3,074
2025-09-2066.2%52.6%1,733
2025-09-2756.2%37.4%2,597
2025-10-0473.3%47.1%1,255
2025-10-1173%52.6%2,053
2025-10-1874.7%63.6%2,806
2025-10-2576.9%26.3%2,440
2025-11-0142.1%68.3%2,428
2025-11-0870.3%86.1%799
2025-11-1553.1%36.9%4,705
2025-11-2256.2%73%3,071
2025-11-2975.5%69.3%2,292
2025-12-0675.2%54.3%1,272
2025-12-1380.1%58.5%1,562
2025-12-2079.8%88.1%1,208
2025-12-2755.4%86.7%1,176
2026-01-0369.3%66%375
2026-01-1072.2%62.5%166
2026-01-1747.4%21.7%80
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