Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Mountain West
Hawaii
Rainbow Warriors
vs
Mountain West
San Diego State
Aztecs
On the field
Hawaii won 386 on Nov 8.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
HAW sentiment · 13,185 comments
Positive75.4%
Neutral8.5%
Negative15%
Mixed1.2%
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.

Hawaii
San Diego State

Fan Score

753.9 (better)
545.5

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

75.4% (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.

Hawaii
San Diego State

Negativity

149.7 (better)
335.3

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

26.4 (better)
33.2

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

Explicit language

16.5 (better)
27.5

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Hawaii 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.

Hawaii
San Diego State

Betting talk

2.6
3.9

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

74.7
168.1

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

NIL & portal talk

7.2
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: Hawaii up, San Diego State down
Hawaii positive ↑San Diego State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
HAW 38SDSU 6
Hawaii had the happier comment section in 15 of 22 shared weeks, San Diego State in 7. When they met on Nov 8, Hawaii won 38–6; Hawaii’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Hawaii and San Diego State
Week ofHawaii resultHawaii positive shareHawaii negative shareSan Diego State resultSan Diego State positive shareSan Diego State negative share
2025-08-23W75.9%12.7%W50.7%34.3%
2025-08-30L49.4%39.3%54.5%36.4%
2025-09-06W76.8%10.6%L28.5%59.3%
2025-09-13W68%17.2%70%30%
2025-09-20L47.4%42.3%W78.3%12.7%
2025-09-27W84.8%8.8%W W66.8%24%
2025-10-0466.9%21.1%59%27.1%
2025-10-11W83.3%6.2%W76.2%11.9%
2025-10-18W89.2%4.2%89.7%0%
2025-10-2573.3%13.5%W70.8%21.7%
2025-11-01L54.9%34%W59.5%27.8%
2025-11-08W84.7%6.8%L25.1%62.3%
2025-11-15L84.9%6.1%W60.4%27.2%
2025-11-2259.9%30.4%W L63.3%24.3%
2025-11-29W82.4%9.5%27.7%55.9%
2025-12-0686.8%4.6%62.9%25%
2025-12-1375.2%13%80%20%
2025-12-20W83.5%11%88.1%4.5%
2025-12-2773.9%18.3%L59.9%32.7%
2026-01-0367.8%16.1%48.4%6.5%
2026-01-1076.7%5.2%71.4%14.3%
2026-01-1769.4%8.3%90.9%9.1%
Reactions from that night · Nov 8
Hawaii

Official match link: https://media-stream4k.streamed4k.com/football.php

neutralBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Here's the link for the streamed: https://www.grandong.sport-affclub.com/hsfootball.php

neutralBroadcast & MediaFacebook
San Diego State

That stadium is apiece of crap. The Murph was so much better.

negativeStadium ExperienceFacebook

How to watch outside of San Diego or Hawaii please

neutralBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

HawaiiSan Diego State
Harm · SDSU +17 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · SDSU +20 ptsCollege Sports · SDSU +26 ptsOff-Field Storylines · HAW +43 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · SDSU +70 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.
  • Hawaii Harm: 36th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Hawaii Identity-Based Abuse: 56th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Hawaii Explicit Language: 44th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Hawaii College Sports: 35th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Hawaii Off-Field Storylines: 87th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Hawaii Sports Betting: 30th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Hawaii Team & Front Office: 9th 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. Hawaii's positive share was higher in 13 of 22 shared weeks, San Diego State's in 9.

HAWSDSU
0%45%91%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: HAW, SDSU
Week ofHAWSDSUComments
2025-08-2375.9%50.7%1,754
2025-08-3049.4%54.5%604
2025-09-0676.8%28.5%641
2025-09-1368%70%619
2025-09-2047.4%78.3%852
2025-09-2784.8%66.8%842
2025-10-0466.9%59%343
2025-10-1183.3%76.2%929
2025-10-1889.2%89.7%865
2025-10-2573.3%70.8%663
2025-11-0154.9%59.5%848
2025-11-0884.7%25.1%1,368
2025-11-1584.9%60.4%561
2025-11-2259.9%63.3%1,087
2025-11-2982.4%27.7%1,631
2025-12-0686.8%62.9%487
2025-12-1375.2%80%264
2025-12-2083.5%88.1%1,742
2025-12-2773.9%59.9%490
2026-01-0367.8%48.4%205
2026-01-1076.7%71.4%193
2026-01-1769.4%90.9%47
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