Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Big Ten
Nebraska
Cornhuskers
vs
Big 12
Utah
Utes
On the field
Utah won 4422 on Dec 31 at a neutral site.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
NEB sentiment · 47,727 comments
Positive46.6%
Neutral8.9%
Negative42.5%
Mixed2%
UTAH sentiment · 16,435 comments
Positive55.9%
Neutral9.1%
Negative33%
Mixed2%
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.

Nebraska
Utah

Fan Score

466
(better)559.4

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

46.6%
(better)55.9%

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.

Nebraska
Utah

Negativity

425.4
(better)330.1

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

57.8
(better)48.9

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

Explicit language

41.5
(better)35.3

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Nebraska left, Utah 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.

Nebraska
Utah

Betting talk

3.7
2.4

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

135
175.1

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

NIL & portal talk

10.5
4.6

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: Nebraska up, Utah down
Nebraska positive ↑Utah positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
NEB 22UTAH 44
Nebraska had the happier comment section in 9 of 22 shared weeks, Utah in 13. When they met on Dec 31, Utah won 44–22; Utah’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Nebraska and Utah
Week ofNebraska resultNebraska positive shareNebraska negative shareUtah resultUtah positive shareUtah negative share
2025-08-23W51.4%35.5%65.8%23.2%
2025-08-3064.1%23.3%W78.8%13.4%
2025-09-06W56%30%W58.2%27.9%
2025-09-13W62.3%25.6%W52.6%32%
2025-09-20L34.1%56.3%L27.9%61.4%
2025-09-2773.9%17.6%W68%26.4%
2025-10-04W55.5%34.5%51.5%28.2%
2025-10-11W L64.6%24.8%W71.4%18.2%
2025-10-1819.4%71.3%L40.2%52.1%
2025-10-25W49.6%39.6%W51%35.7%
2025-11-01L31.3%57.6%W62%27.3%
2025-11-08W65.3%24.6%49.1%38.7%
2025-11-1566.1%18.7%W66.8%22.2%
2025-11-22L L28.6%62%W W47.9%41.9%
2025-11-2959.3%32.9%50.4%36.4%
2025-12-0641.5%46.7%65%21%
2025-12-1348.5%37.1%75.1%16.2%
2025-12-2074.6%18.6%35.3%35.3%
2025-12-27L30.2%58.9%W68.7%21.7%
2026-01-0353.9%30.9%58.1%30.5%
2026-01-1063.5%24.2%43%45.5%
2026-01-1768%24.8%53.1%34.4%
Reactions from that night · Dec 31
Nebraska

A lot of videos having fun… any on the game prep?

negativeBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Talk about a dumbass start time!

negativeExplicit WordsFacebook
Utah

BYU fan here, Utes all the way! Let's crush Nebraska! 💯

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook

Liuaki F Vakapuna we got have Utah byu keep winning. If not Whitt gone to steal our talent to Michigan

positiveCoachingFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

NebraskaUtah
Harm · NEB +8 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · NEB +16 ptsExplicit Language · NEB +9 ptsCollege Sports · NEB +22 ptsOff-Field Storylines · UTAH +47 ptsSports Betting · NEB +42 ptsTeam & Front Office · UTAH +20 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.
  • Nebraska Harm: 85th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Identity-Based Abuse: 89th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Explicit Language: 90th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska College Sports: 68th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Off-Field Storylines: 41st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Sports Betting: 67th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Nebraska Team & Front Office: 63rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Utah Harm: 77th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Utah Identity-Based Abuse: 73rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Utah Explicit Language: 81st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Utah College Sports: 46th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Utah Off-Field Storylines: 88th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Utah Sports Betting: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Utah Team & Front Office: 83rd 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. Nebraska's positive share was higher in 9 of 22 shared weeks, Utah's in 13.

NEBUTAH
0%39%79%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: NEB, UTAH
Week ofNEBUTAHComments
2025-08-2351.4%65.8%4,139
2025-08-3064.1%78.8%1,726
2025-09-0656%58.2%3,930
2025-09-1362.3%52.6%3,122
2025-09-2034.1%27.9%4,669
2025-09-2773.9%68%841
2025-10-0455.5%51.5%2,486
2025-10-1164.6%71.4%4,413
2025-10-1819.4%40.2%4,490
2025-10-2549.6%51%4,054
2025-11-0131.3%62%4,177
2025-11-0865.3%49.1%4,009
2025-11-1566.1%66.8%1,380
2025-11-2228.6%47.9%7,021
2025-11-2959.3%50.4%2,049
2025-12-0641.5%65%1,530
2025-12-1348.5%75.1%1,266
2025-12-2074.6%35.3%328
2025-12-2730.2%68.7%5,613
2026-01-0353.9%58.1%1,318
2026-01-1063.5%43%1,077
2026-01-1768%53.1%524
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