Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

American
Navy
Midshipmen
vs
Independent
Notre Dame
Fighting Irish
On the field
Notre Dame won 4910 on Nov 8.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
NAVY sentiment · 5,239 comments
Positive86.2%
Neutral5.4%
Negative7.1%
Mixed1.3%
ND sentiment · 70,866 comments
Positive54.6%
Neutral9.2%
Negative34.5%
Mixed1.7%
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.

Navy
Notre Dame

Fan Score

862 (better)
546.2

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

86.2% (better)
54.6%

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.

Navy
Notre Dame

Negativity

71 (better)
345

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

6.3 (better)
41.6

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

Explicit language

7.3 (better)
10.5

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Navy left, Notre Dame 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.

Navy
Notre Dame

Betting talk

1.7
2.4

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

90.5
89.9

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

NIL & portal talk

1.3
3.8

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: Navy up, Notre Dame down
Navy positive ↑Notre Dame positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
NAVY 10ND 49
Navy had the happier comment section in 21 of 22 shared weeks, Notre Dame in 1. When they met on Nov 8, Notre Dame won 49–10; Notre Dame’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Navy and Notre Dame
Week ofNavy resultNavy positive shareNavy negative shareNotre Dame resultNotre Dame positive shareNotre Dame negative share
2025-08-2395%0%72.7%15.7%
2025-08-30W60%40%L32.5%54.8%
2025-09-06W80.9%9%44.3%40.7%
2025-09-13W87%4.3%L33.4%52.5%
2025-09-20100%0%W52.6%35.3%
2025-09-27W83.5%5.8%W68.8%21.7%
2025-10-04W89.4%5.8%W61.3%25.9%
2025-10-11W89.8%5.9%W59.6%31.3%
2025-10-1890.2%7.3%W61.4%28.8%
2025-10-25W90.8%2.9%68.4%17.4%
2025-11-01L78.4%13.7%W46.8%40.8%
2025-11-08L69.1%15.5%W71.2%17.2%
2025-11-15W87.2%5.4%W67.8%21.4%
2025-11-22W87.3%6.4%W66.5%23%
2025-11-2987%7.1%W58.3%29.1%
2025-12-0683.2%10%39.9%50.2%
2025-12-13W84.8%8.8%73.8%19.7%
2025-12-2069.6%13%32.7%57.5%
2025-12-27W86%8.6%35.6%53.4%
2026-01-0386.7%4.7%61.5%24.5%
2026-01-1075%0%48.2%40.7%
2026-01-17100%0%47.1%41.1%
Reactions from that night · Nov 8
Navy

Ask my thermo prof. He gave me an extra semester to figure this out.

neutralFacebook

Y’all are a bunch of comedians! Hilarious! Love it!! Where was Alex #92??

positiveFacebook
Notre Dame

Does any one have a parking pass for Saturday’s game?

neutralStadium ExperienceFacebook

Illegal formation. 5 in backfield. Right tackle is the 5th.

negativeCoachingFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

NavyNotre Dame
Harm · Low volumeIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · ND +9 ptsCollege Sports · Low volumeOff-Field Storylines · ND +71 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · Even
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.
  • Navy Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Navy Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Navy Explicit Language: 16th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Navy College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Navy Off-Field Storylines: 1st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Navy Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Navy Team & Front Office: 18th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Harm: 72nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Identity-Based Abuse: 36th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Explicit Language: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame College Sports: 71st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Off-Field Storylines: 72nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Sports Betting: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Team & Front Office: 18th 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. Navy's positive share was higher in 21 of 22 shared weeks, Notre Dame's in 1.

NAVYND
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: NAVY, ND
Week ofNAVYNDComments
2025-08-2395%72.7%452
2025-08-3060%32.5%3,237
2025-09-0680.9%44.3%526
2025-09-1387%33.4%2,439
2025-09-20100%52.6%2,846
2025-09-2783.5%68.8%2,467
2025-10-0489.4%61.3%3,898
2025-10-1189.8%59.6%3,612
2025-10-1890.2%61.4%5,155
2025-10-2590.8%68.4%1,140
2025-11-0178.4%46.8%4,510
2025-11-0869.1%71.2%4,949
2025-11-1587.2%67.8%6,066
2025-11-2287.3%66.5%5,845
2025-11-2987%58.3%5,077
2025-12-0683.2%39.9%12,827
2025-12-1384.8%73.8%4,807
2025-12-2069.6%32.7%2,313
2025-12-2786%35.6%1,398
2026-01-0386.7%61.5%693
2026-01-1075%48.2%853
2026-01-17100%47.1%995
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