Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

SEC
Mississippi State
Bulldogs
vs
SEC
Tennessee
Volunteers
On the field
Tennessee won 4134 (OT) on Sep 27.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
MSST sentiment · 32,592 comments
Positive56.3%
Neutral8.6%
Negative33.6%
Mixed1.6%
TENN sentiment · 53,708 comments
Positive58.1%
Neutral11.8%
Negative28.3%
Mixed1.8%
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.

Mississippi State
Tennessee

Fan Score

562.6
(better)581.4

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

56.3%
(better)58.1%

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.

Mississippi State
Tennessee

Negativity

336.1
(better)283

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

40.3
(better)38.4

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

Explicit language

25.8 (better)
27.8

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.9Race0.4
1.1Gender1.8
0.6LGBTQIA+0.7
1.1Age0.6

Mississippi State left, Tennessee 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.

Mississippi State
Tennessee

Betting talk

2.4
1.8

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

165
103.2

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

NIL & portal talk

7.1
5.7

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: Mississippi State up, Tennessee down
Mississippi State positive ↑Tennessee positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
MSST 34TENN 41
Mississippi State had the happier comment section in 14 of 22 shared weeks, Tennessee in 8. When they met on Sep 27, Tennessee won 41–34 (OT); Mississippi State’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Mississippi State and Tennessee
Week ofMississippi State resultMississippi State positive shareMississippi State negative shareTennessee resultTennessee positive shareTennessee negative share
2025-08-2376%17.1%68.1%13.2%
2025-08-30W66.3%23.4%W66.3%21.1%
2025-09-06W70.8%18.8%W66.5%17.5%
2025-09-13W64.1%19.1%L59.5%26.3%
2025-09-20W72.6%15.2%W56.9%29%
2025-09-27L65.5%24.9%W64.5%24.6%
2025-10-04L52.2%39.1%62.8%20.2%
2025-10-1180.1%10%W58%30.5%
2025-10-18L26.2%65.6%L47.3%39.3%
2025-10-25L22.5%69.5%W61.1%22.5%
2025-11-01W64.4%26.2%L42%43.9%
2025-11-08L50.1%40.2%48.3%27.5%
2025-11-15L32.6%60.9%W56.6%25.1%
2025-11-22L52.8%31.9%W72.2%18.7%
2025-11-2970.3%21.5%L54%38%
2025-12-0667.3%18.6%51.2%33.1%
2025-12-1383.6%11.7%66.7%23.9%
2025-12-2090.2%4.3%82.3%8.7%
2025-12-27L72.5%15.8%L35.6%55.8%
2026-01-0343.4%47.4%48.1%37.2%
2026-01-1077.4%10.9%63.8%20.1%
2026-01-1784.4%11.1%75.5%18.2%
Reactions from that night · Sep 27
Mississippi State

Yes! Speed is not the problem. The flight path is the problem.

positiveStadium ExperienceFacebook

I was at that game in the band! It was cold and wonderful!!

positiveBandFacebook
Tennessee

Our media team definitely deserves a raise ⬜️🟧⬜️🟧

positiveBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Those jerseys are hard asf

positiveExplicit AcronymFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

Mississippi StateTennessee
Harm · MSST +7 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · TENN +17 ptsExplicit Language · TENN +7 ptsCollege Sports · MSST +3 ptsOff-Field Storylines · TENN +19 ptsSports Betting · MSST +17 ptsTeam & Front Office · MSST +51 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.
  • Mississippi State Harm: 69th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Mississippi State Identity-Based Abuse: 43rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Mississippi State Explicit Language: 58th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Mississippi State College Sports: 26th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Mississippi State Off-Field Storylines: 49th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Mississippi State Sports Betting: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Mississippi State Team & Front Office: 76th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Tennessee Harm: 62nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Tennessee Identity-Based Abuse: 60th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Tennessee Explicit Language: 65th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Tennessee College Sports: 23rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Tennessee Off-Field Storylines: 68th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Tennessee Sports Betting: 8th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Tennessee 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. Mississippi State's positive share was higher in 15 of 22 shared weeks, Tennessee's in 6.

MSSTTENN
0%45%90%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: MSST, TENN
Week ofMSSTTENNComments
2025-08-2376%68.1%3,138
2025-08-3066.3%66.3%5,690
2025-09-0670.8%66.5%6,776
2025-09-1364.1%59.5%3,669
2025-09-2072.6%56.9%4,488
2025-09-2765.5%64.5%7,017
2025-10-0452.2%62.8%3,411
2025-10-1180.1%58%3,854
2025-10-1826.2%47.3%5,320
2025-10-2522.5%61.1%6,366
2025-11-0164.4%42%5,226
2025-11-0850.1%48.3%3,420
2025-11-1532.6%56.6%4,593
2025-11-2252.8%72.2%5,551
2025-11-2970.3%54%3,241
2025-12-0667.3%51.2%4,357
2025-12-1383.6%66.7%784
2025-12-2090.2%82.3%530
2025-12-2772.5%35.6%4,816
2026-01-0343.4%48.1%2,693
2026-01-1077.4%63.8%543
2026-01-1784.4%75.5%817
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