Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

American
Memphis
Tigers
vs
American
Rice
Owls
On the field
Memphis won 3814 on Oct 31.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
MEM sentiment · 12,047 comments
Positive70.3%
Neutral10%
Negative18.3%
Mixed1.4%
RICE sentiment · 1,436 comments
Positive85.8%
Neutral7.5%
Negative6.5%
Mixed0.2%
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.

Memphis
Rice

Fan Score

703.4
(better)857.9

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

70.3%
(better)85.8%

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.

Memphis
Rice

Negativity

183.3
(better)64.8

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

23.5
(better)10.4

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

Explicit language

6.6 (better)
7.7

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Memphis left, Rice 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.

Memphis
Rice

Betting talk

2.7
0.7

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

134.4
41.8

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

NIL & portal talk

4.3
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: Memphis up, Rice down
Memphis positive ↑Rice positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
MEM 38RICE 14
Memphis had the happier comment section in 1 of 21 shared weeks, Rice in 20. When they met on Oct 31, Memphis won 38–14; Rice’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Memphis and Rice
Week ofMemphis resultMemphis positive shareMemphis negative shareRice resultRice positive shareRice negative share
2025-08-2373.5%12.6%91.4%5.2%
2025-08-30W67.9%14%W77.4%10%
2025-09-06W73.2%15.7%L70.3%11%
2025-09-13W69%16%W W91.6%3.4%
2025-09-20W69.3%20.7%87.8%6.1%
2025-09-27W73.4%12.6%L84%1.3%
2025-10-04W84.6%7.7%L90.8%3.9%
2025-10-1157%22.1%L87.2%10.3%
2025-10-18L62.3%26.2%100%0%
2025-10-25W W78.7%11.5%W L91%5%
2025-11-01L70.6%14.7%90%10%
2025-11-0856.7%32.8%W100%0%
2025-11-15L55.9%32.3%91.3%4.3%
2025-11-22L72%16.9%L97.4%0%
2025-11-2941.7%40.1%L94%4%
2025-12-0672.8%18.2%83.3%4.2%
2025-12-13L67.2%22.5%85.7%0%
2025-12-2072.5%16.5%
2025-12-2768.8%22.2%L78.5%14.1%
2026-01-0362.4%27.5%77.1%11.4%
2026-01-1067.1%21.3%97.1%2.9%
2026-01-1790.6%4.2%85%0%
Reactions from that night · Oct 31
Memphis

Tulane just got “UAB’d”! 😳 One game at a time Tigers.

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook

If you have YOUTUBE TV you won't be able to watch it.

negativeBroadcast & MediaFacebook
Rice

Game will be broadcast live on https://home.sport-affclub.com/hsfootball.php

neutralBroadcast & MediaFacebook

it's Gameday game will be broadcast live on here https://www.syanaz.king-cpasports.com/hsfootball.php

positiveBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

MemphisRice
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.
  • Memphis Harm: 38th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Memphis Identity-Based Abuse: 16th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Memphis Explicit Language: 11th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Memphis College Sports: 47th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Memphis Off-Field Storylines: 15th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Memphis Sports Betting: 33rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Memphis Team & Front Office: 61st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Rice Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Rice Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Rice Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Rice College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Rice Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • Rice Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Rice 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. Memphis's positive share was higher in 2 of 21 shared weeks, Rice's in 19.

MEMRICE
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: MEM, RICE
Week ofMEMRICEComments
2025-08-2373.5%91.4%288
2025-08-3067.9%77.4%937
2025-09-0673.2%70.3%345
2025-09-1369%91.6%740
2025-09-2069.3%87.8%2,217
2025-09-2773.4%84%545
2025-10-0484.6%90.8%738
2025-10-1157%87.2%311
2025-10-1862.3%100%266
2025-10-2578.7%91%1,098
2025-11-0170.6%90%449
2025-11-0856.7%100%366
2025-11-1555.9%91.3%209
2025-11-2272%97.4%275
2025-11-2941.7%94%422
2025-12-0672.8%83.3%2,221
2025-12-1367.2%85.7%846
2025-12-2072.5%0%218
2025-12-2768.8%78.5%325
2026-01-0362.4%77.1%184
2026-01-1067.1%97.1%198
2026-01-1790.6%85%285
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