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
James Madison left, Marshall 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 | James Madison result | James Madison positive share | James Madison negative share | Marshall result | Marshall positive share | Marshall negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | – | 88.7% | 4.2% | – | 74.9% | 11% |
| 2025-08-30 | W L | 83.6% | 7.9% | L | 54.1% | 23.1% |
| 2025-09-06 | – | 22.3% | 65.5% | L | 58.6% | 28.2% |
| 2025-09-13 | – | 64.3% | 17.1% | W | 73.4% | 16.8% |
| 2025-09-20 | W | 79.8% | 11.6% | W | 93.8% | 2.1% |
| 2025-09-27 | W | 92.3% | 5.3% | L | 51.6% | 33.8% |
| 2025-10-04 | W | 61.7% | 27.1% | – | 65.7% | 13.9% |
| 2025-10-11 | W | 68.8% | 22% | W | 90.9% | 4.5% |
| 2025-10-18 | W | 90.2% | 7.5% | W | 91.5% | 3.5% |
| 2025-10-25 | W | 83.9% | 9% | L | 66.6% | 23.5% |
| 2025-11-01 | – | 86.6% | 5.7% | – | 73.1% | 13.8% |
| 2025-11-08 | W | 84.6% | 8.9% | L | 84.6% | 7.3% |
| 2025-11-15 | W | 83.2% | 7.3% | W | 91.3% | 3.7% |
| 2025-11-22 | W | 80.4% | 11.3% | L | 57.7% | 31.9% |
| 2025-11-29 | W W | 80% | 12.6% | L | 65.1% | 22.8% |
| 2025-12-06 | – | 63.1% | 27.3% | – | 86.1% | 6.3% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 70.7% | 20.7% | – | 88.6% | 8.9% |
| 2025-12-20 | L | 58.6% | 32.5% | – | 98.2% | 0% |
| 2025-12-27 | – | 77% | 17.8% | – | 84.9% | 3.8% |
| 2026-01-03 | – | 93.8% | 3.6% | – | 70.6% | 4.3% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 67.5% | 24% | – | 64.9% | 2.7% |
| 2026-01-17 | – | 80.1% | 14% | – | 43.9% | 18.3% |
“Hampton VA. Looking for two full halves. We’re favored by 13.5, let’s just close it down by the end of the first half and give Sluka some snaps in second half. GO DUKES!”
“ will the blue devil basketball game be televised on Saturday, November 8”
“This video was very well made”
“Well, please don’t play an ad when we try to start 😂 Go HERD!”
Fingerprint duel
Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.
- James Madison Harm: 43rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- James Madison Identity-Based Abuse: 10th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- James Madison Explicit Language: 6th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- James Madison College Sports: 38th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- James Madison Off-Field Storylines: 13th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- James Madison Sports Betting: 90th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- James Madison Team & Front Office: 47th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Marshall Harm: 9th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Marshall Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
- Marshall Explicit Language: 22nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Marshall College Sports: 30th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Marshall Off-Field Storylines: 35th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Marshall Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
- Marshall Team & Front Office: 25th 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. James Madison's positive share was higher in 10 of 22 shared weeks, Marshall's in 11.
| Week of | JMU | MRSH | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 88.7% | 74.9% | 405 |
| 2025-08-30 | 83.6% | 54.1% | 883 |
| 2025-09-06 | 22.3% | 58.6% | 843 |
| 2025-09-13 | 64.3% | 73.4% | 889 |
| 2025-09-20 | 79.8% | 93.8% | 583 |
| 2025-09-27 | 92.3% | 51.6% | 326 |
| 2025-10-04 | 61.7% | 65.7% | 487 |
| 2025-10-11 | 68.8% | 90.9% | 941 |
| 2025-10-18 | 90.2% | 91.5% | 1,179 |
| 2025-10-25 | 83.9% | 66.6% | 850 |
| 2025-11-01 | 86.6% | 73.1% | 324 |
| 2025-11-08 | 84.6% | 84.6% | 870 |
| 2025-11-15 | 83.2% | 91.3% | 1,170 |
| 2025-11-22 | 80.4% | 57.7% | 1,203 |
| 2025-11-29 | 80% | 65.1% | 2,160 |
| 2025-12-06 | 63.1% | 86.1% | 4,472 |
| 2025-12-13 | 70.7% | 88.6% | 1,941 |
| 2025-12-20 | 58.6% | 98.2% | 3,042 |
| 2025-12-27 | 77% | 84.9% | 376 |
| 2026-01-03 | 93.8% | 70.6% | 467 |
| 2026-01-10 | 67.5% | 64.9% | 504 |
| 2026-01-17 | 80.1% | 43.9% | 218 |