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
FCS
Sacramento State
Hornets
On the field
Nevada won 2017 on Sep 6.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
NEV sentiment · 1,086 comments
Positive64.8%
Neutral8.9%
Negative25.1%
Mixed1.1%
SAC sentiment · 706 comments
Positive66.6%
Neutral8.6%
Negative22.9%
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.

Nevada
Sacramento State

Fan Score

648.3
(better)665.7

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

64.8%
(better)66.6%

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.

Nevada
Sacramento State

Negativity

251.4
(better)229.5

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

27.6 (better)
31.2

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

Explicit language

27.6
(better)5.7

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Nevada left, Sacramento 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
Sacramento State

Betting talk

3.7
0

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

94.8
138.8

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

NIL & portal talk

2.8
9.9

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, Sacramento State down
Nevada positive ↑Sacramento State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
NEV 20SAC 17
Nevada had the happier comment section in 10 of 21 shared weeks, Sacramento State in 11. When they met on Sep 6, Nevada won 20–17; Nevada’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Nevada and Sacramento State
Week ofNevada resultNevada positive shareNevada negative shareSacramento State resultSacramento State positive shareSacramento State negative share
2025-08-2344.4%16.7%85.2%7.4%
2025-08-30L73%18.9%L80%20%
2025-09-06W63.5%27.6%L35.7%42.9%
2025-09-13L66%30%W84.3%9.8%
2025-09-20L66.7%33.3%W78.1%18.8%
2025-09-2742.9%44.9%L41.7%54.2%
2025-10-04L66.7%0%83.3%8.3%
2025-10-11L40.9%50%W100%0%
2025-10-18L L51%38.8%W L71.1%26.3%
2025-10-2554.1%27.9%35.5%53.8%
2025-11-0162.5%25%W81.3%12.5%
2025-11-08L72.2%11.1%W81.8%9.1%
2025-11-15W79.4%14.7%W80%4.6%
2025-11-22W83.9%11.3%L61.5%15.4%
2025-11-29L43.6%43.6%29.7%54.1%
2025-12-0669.2%7.7%7.7%84.6%
2025-12-1382.4%5.9%72.2%12.7%
2025-12-2082.1%10.3%89.7%7.7%
2025-12-2776.5%17.6%0%0%
2026-01-0392.9%0%
2026-01-10100%0%77.8%11.1%
2026-01-1772.7%9.1%74.1%11.1%
Reactions from that night · Sep 6
Nevada

Stupid pants. Not covering the knees is retarded. Can play hard like that. Grass burns. The ones that try have knee pads

negativeExplicit WordsFacebook

Can't wait to hear that marching band!!! Go Wolf Pack!!!!

positiveBandFacebook
Sacramento State

Loss to Nevada and their out of the top 20

negativeFacebook

I took my boys to that game. It was good overall game. Sac State should’ve won it.

mixedFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

NevadaSacramento 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
  • Sacramento State Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Sacramento State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Sacramento State Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Sacramento State College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Sacramento State Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • Sacramento State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Sacramento State 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. Nevada's positive share was higher in 9 of 21 shared weeks, Sacramento State's in 12.

NEVSAC
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: NEV, SAC
Week ofNEVSACComments
2025-08-2344.4%85.2%45
2025-08-3073%80%94
2025-09-0663.5%35.7%184
2025-09-1366%84.3%101
2025-09-2066.7%78.1%35
2025-09-2742.9%41.7%73
2025-10-0466.7%83.3%15
2025-10-1140.9%100%80
2025-10-1851%71.1%87
2025-10-2554.1%35.5%154
2025-11-0162.5%81.3%48
2025-11-0872.2%81.8%40
2025-11-1579.4%80%269
2025-11-2283.9%61.5%88
2025-11-2943.6%29.7%138
2025-12-0669.2%7.7%39
2025-12-1382.4%72.2%143
2025-12-2082.1%89.7%78
2025-12-2776.5%0%18
2026-01-0392.9%0%14
2026-01-10100%77.8%11
2026-01-1772.7%74.1%38
Behind the numbers

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