Whose comment section wins?
Pick any two fanbases and compare what their comment sections say, stat for stat.
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.
Fan Score
Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)
Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)
Positive share
Share of all comments that are positive
Share of all comments that are positive
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.
Negativity
Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Toxicity
Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)
Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)
Explicit language
Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Identity-based abuse, tag by tag
Tag applications per 1,000 comments
Hawaii left, Utah 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.
What they talk about
Three topic groups where neither direction is better, just louder. These rows describe a comment section instead of scoring it.
Betting talk
Sports-betting comments per 1,000
Sports-betting comments per 1,000
Team & front office talk
Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday
Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday
NIL & portal talk
NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap
NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap
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
| Week of | Hawaii result | Hawaii positive share | Hawaii negative share | Utah State result | Utah State positive share | Utah State negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | W | 75.9% | 12.7% | – | 94% | 1.2% |
| 2025-08-30 | L | 49.4% | 39.3% | W | 91.7% | 3.3% |
| 2025-09-06 | W | 76.8% | 10.6% | L | 87.9% | 5.6% |
| 2025-09-13 | W | 68% | 17.2% | W | 84.8% | 4.5% |
| 2025-09-20 | L | 47.4% | 42.3% | W | 79.1% | 15.1% |
| 2025-09-27 | W | 84.8% | 8.8% | L | 82.7% | 3.8% |
| 2025-10-04 | – | 66.9% | 21.1% | – | 92.6% | 2.1% |
| 2025-10-11 | W | 83.3% | 6.2% | L W | 71.2% | 24.2% |
| 2025-10-18 | W | 89.2% | 4.2% | – | 92% | 6.2% |
| 2025-10-25 | – | 73.3% | 13.5% | L | 66.1% | 25.2% |
| 2025-11-01 | L | 54.9% | 34% | – | 83% | 5.7% |
| 2025-11-08 | W | 84.7% | 6.8% | W | 90% | 4.7% |
| 2025-11-15 | L | 84.9% | 6.1% | L | 75.7% | 13.9% |
| 2025-11-22 | – | 59.9% | 30.4% | W L | 89.3% | 5.4% |
| 2025-11-29 | W | 82.4% | 9.5% | – | 45% | 44.6% |
| 2025-12-06 | – | 86.8% | 4.6% | – | 70.4% | 22.2% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 75.2% | 13% | – | 88.2% | 3.9% |
| 2025-12-20 | W | 83.5% | 11% | L | 53.8% | 37.8% |
| 2025-12-27 | – | 73.9% | 18.3% | – | 83.3% | 16.7% |
| 2026-01-03 | – | 67.8% | 16.1% | – | 74.2% | 18.9% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 76.7% | 5.2% | – | 85.7% | 14.3% |
| 2026-01-17 | – | 69.4% | 8.3% | – | – | – |
“Let’s Go Coach TC and the Rainbow Warrior 🦾”
“This will be broadcast live on 👇 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/183TJfkncK/”
“You got this, Ags! How is Bryson—will he play?”
“enjoy Hawaii and kick some b.....”
Fingerprint duel
Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.
- 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
- Utah State Harm: 17th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Utah State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
- Utah State Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
- Utah State College Sports: low volume, not ranked
- Utah State Off-Field Storylines: 36th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Utah State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
- Utah State Team & Front Office: 21st 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 7 of 21 shared weeks, Utah State's in 14.
| Week of | HAW | USU | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 75.9% | 94% | 1,636 |
| 2025-08-30 | 49.4% | 91.7% | 791 |
| 2025-09-06 | 76.8% | 87.9% | 625 |
| 2025-09-13 | 68% | 84.8% | 741 |
| 2025-09-20 | 47.4% | 79.1% | 803 |
| 2025-09-27 | 84.8% | 82.7% | 698 |
| 2025-10-04 | 66.9% | 92.6% | 227 |
| 2025-10-11 | 83.3% | 71.2% | 869 |
| 2025-10-18 | 89.2% | 92% | 949 |
| 2025-10-25 | 73.3% | 66.1% | 456 |
| 2025-11-01 | 54.9% | 83% | 592 |
| 2025-11-08 | 84.7% | 90% | 1,029 |
| 2025-11-15 | 84.9% | 75.7% | 393 |
| 2025-11-22 | 59.9% | 89.3% | 1,010 |
| 2025-11-29 | 82.4% | 45% | 1,499 |
| 2025-12-06 | 86.8% | 70.4% | 425 |
| 2025-12-13 | 75.2% | 88.2% | 305 |
| 2025-12-20 | 83.5% | 53.8% | 1,831 |
| 2025-12-27 | 73.9% | 83.3% | 224 |
| 2026-01-03 | 67.8% | 74.2% | 306 |
| 2026-01-10 | 76.7% | 85.7% | 179 |
| 2026-01-17 | 69.4% | 0% | 36 |