Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Mountain West
Nevada
Wolf Pack
vs
Big Ten
Penn State
Nittany Lions
On the field
Penn State won 4611 on Aug 30.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
NEV sentiment · 1,086 comments
Positive64.8%
Neutral8.9%
Negative25.1%
Mixed1.1%
PSU sentiment · 57,708 comments
Positive42.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative44.3%
Mixed1.5%
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.

Nevada
Penn State

Fan Score

648.3 (better)
424.9

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

64.8% (better)
42.5%

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.

Nevada
Penn State

Negativity

251.4 (better)
442.9

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

27.6 (better)
46.5

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

Explicit language

27.6
(better)11.8

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Nevada left, Penn State 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.

Nevada
Penn State

Betting talk

3.7
4

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

94.8
199.1

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

NIL & portal talk

2.8
6.3

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: Nevada up, Penn State down
Nevada positive ↑Penn State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
NEV 11PSU 46
Nevada had the happier comment section in 20 of 22 shared weeks, Penn State in 2. When they met on Aug 30, Penn State won 46–11; Nevada’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Nevada and Penn State
Week ofNevada resultNevada positive shareNevada negative sharePenn State resultPenn State positive sharePenn State negative share
2025-08-2344.4%16.7%56%27.5%
2025-08-30L73%18.9%W41%40.2%
2025-09-06W63.5%27.6%W30.7%55.6%
2025-09-13L66%30%W32%53.6%
2025-09-20L66.7%33.3%37%19.1%
2025-09-2742.9%44.9%L21.4%67.3%
2025-10-04L66.7%0%L16.8%71.7%
2025-10-11L40.9%50%L27.7%61.7%
2025-10-18L L51%38.8%L33.5%53.4%
2025-10-2554.1%27.9%50.5%39.5%
2025-11-0162.5%25%L39.3%48.7%
2025-11-08L72.2%11.1%L32.9%46.6%
2025-11-15W79.4%14.7%W65.9%25.5%
2025-11-22W83.9%11.3%W74.3%16.5%
2025-11-29L43.6%43.6%W45.5%42.7%
2025-12-0669.2%7.7%60.4%25.5%
2025-12-1382.4%5.9%72.8%16.8%
2025-12-2082.1%10.3%68.3%18.6%
2025-12-2776.5%17.6%W69.4%20.9%
2026-01-0392.9%0%58.5%21.8%
2026-01-10100%0%80.1%9%
2026-01-1772.7%9.1%74.2%16.1%
Reactions from that night · Aug 30
Nevada

Funny story, I stayed with Toya and her roommates during my recruitment trip to Nevada. School was litty! #GoPack #classof06

positiveRecruitingFacebook

FCS UNR undermanned at Penn State. Got a payday.

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook
Penn State

Richard not for that salary .... and I agree

negativeFront OfficeFacebook

Traded to Green Bay Packers today!

positiveFront OfficeFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

NevadaPenn State
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.
  • Nevada Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Nevada Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Nevada Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Nevada College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Nevada Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • Nevada Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Nevada Team & Front Office: low volume, not ranked
  • Penn State Harm: 76th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Penn State Identity-Based Abuse: 47th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Penn State Explicit Language: 31st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Penn State College Sports: 46th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Penn State Off-Field Storylines: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Penn State Sports Betting: 70th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Penn State Team & Front Office: 89th 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. Nevada's positive share was higher in 19 of 22 shared weeks, Penn State's in 3.

NEVPSU
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: NEV, PSU
Week ofNEVPSUComments
2025-08-2344.4%56%977
2025-08-3073%41%1,702
2025-09-0663.5%30.7%2,746
2025-09-1366%32%1,416
2025-09-2066.7%37%1,712
2025-09-2742.9%21.4%5,942
2025-10-0466.7%16.8%7,137
2025-10-1140.9%27.7%5,477
2025-10-1851%33.5%3,163
2025-10-2554.1%50.5%1,108
2025-11-0162.5%39.3%2,171
2025-11-0872.2%32.9%2,812
2025-11-1579.4%65.9%2,938
2025-11-2283.9%74.3%2,782
2025-11-2943.6%45.5%2,878
2025-12-0669.2%60.4%6,165
2025-12-1382.4%72.8%1,476
2025-12-2082.1%68.3%1,008
2025-12-2776.5%69.4%3,869
2026-01-0392.9%58.5%161
2026-01-10100%80.1%534
2026-01-1772.7%74.2%620
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