Whose comment section wins?
Pick any two fanbases and compare what their comment sections say, stat for stat.
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.
Fan Score
Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)
Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)
Positive share
Share of all comments that are positive
Share of all comments that are positive
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.
Negativity
Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Toxicity
Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)
Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)
Explicit language
Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Identity-based abuse, tag by tag
Tag applications per 1,000 comments
New Mexico 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.
What they talk about
Three topic groups where neither direction is better, just louder. These rows describe a comment section instead of scoring it.
Betting talk
Sports-betting comments per 1,000
Sports-betting comments per 1,000
Team & front office talk
Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday
Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday
NIL & portal talk
NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap
NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap
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
| Week of | New Mexico State result | New Mexico State positive share | New Mexico State negative share | Tennessee result | Tennessee positive share | Tennessee negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | – | 73.1% | 7.7% | – | 68.1% | 13.2% |
| 2025-08-30 | W | 69.4% | 16.3% | W | 66.3% | 21.1% |
| 2025-09-06 | W | 85.5% | 4.2% | W | 66.5% | 17.5% |
| 2025-09-13 | L | 82.9% | 7.1% | L | 59.5% | 26.3% |
| 2025-09-20 | – | 90.8% | 7.9% | W | 56.9% | 29% |
| 2025-09-27 | L W | 77.4% | 13.2% | W | 64.5% | 24.6% |
| 2025-10-04 | – | 86.8% | 10.5% | – | 62.8% | 20.2% |
| 2025-10-11 | L | 46.3% | 41.8% | W | 58% | 30.5% |
| 2025-10-18 | L | 54.2% | 33.3% | L | 47.3% | 39.3% |
| 2025-10-25 | – | 70.4% | 18.5% | W | 61.1% | 22.5% |
| 2025-11-01 | L | 68.3% | 14.3% | L | 42% | 43.9% |
| 2025-11-08 | L | 63.6% | 27.3% | – | 48.3% | 27.5% |
| 2025-11-15 | L | 67.3% | 12.2% | W | 56.6% | 25.1% |
| 2025-11-22 | W | 84.3% | 9.1% | W | 72.2% | 18.7% |
| 2025-11-29 | L | 59.5% | 25% | L | 54% | 38% |
| 2025-12-06 | – | 100% | 0% | – | 51.2% | 33.1% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 51.6% | 31.2% | – | 66.7% | 23.9% |
| 2025-12-20 | – | 0% | 75% | – | 82.3% | 8.7% |
| 2025-12-27 | – | 0% | 50% | L | 35.6% | 55.8% |
| 2026-01-03 | – | 70% | 20% | – | 48.1% | 37.2% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 33.3% | 0% | – | 63.8% | 20.1% |
| 2026-01-17 | – | 100% | 0% | – | 75.5% | 18.2% |
“Right. Couldn’t beat first year FBS MO State at home but showboating before playing Tennessee LOL 😆 sorry, had to laugh 🤭 Come on. Keep it realistic.”
“Team is playing hard and hanging in there against a team that has better players at every position. Really proud of how they are playing. No quit in that team which is credited to the coaching staff.”
“Still hear John ward call out Johnny Boynton out on the game radio..vol netword..John Boynton from Pikeville Tennessee..make us proud of great Tennessee football players..”
“Those uniforms are as ugly as your stadium.”
Fingerprint duel
Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.
- New Mexico State Harm: low volume, not ranked
- New Mexico State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
- New Mexico State Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
- New Mexico State College Sports: low volume, not ranked
- New Mexico State Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
- New Mexico State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
- New Mexico State Team & Front Office: low volume, not ranked
- 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. New Mexico State's positive share was higher in 17 of 22 shared weeks, Tennessee's in 5.
| Week of | NMSU | TENN | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 73.1% | 68.1% | 2,786 |
| 2025-08-30 | 69.4% | 66.3% | 3,965 |
| 2025-09-06 | 85.5% | 66.5% | 3,292 |
| 2025-09-13 | 82.9% | 59.5% | 2,102 |
| 2025-09-20 | 90.8% | 56.9% | 2,711 |
| 2025-09-27 | 77.4% | 64.5% | 4,899 |
| 2025-10-04 | 86.8% | 62.8% | 1,749 |
| 2025-10-11 | 46.3% | 58% | 3,303 |
| 2025-10-18 | 54.2% | 47.3% | 2,832 |
| 2025-10-25 | 70.4% | 61.1% | 3,809 |
| 2025-11-01 | 68.3% | 42% | 2,451 |
| 2025-11-08 | 63.6% | 48.3% | 1,865 |
| 2025-11-15 | 67.3% | 56.6% | 2,969 |
| 2025-11-22 | 84.3% | 72.2% | 4,408 |
| 2025-11-29 | 59.5% | 54% | 2,389 |
| 2025-12-06 | 100% | 51.2% | 2,821 |
| 2025-12-13 | 51.6% | 66.7% | 603 |
| 2025-12-20 | 0% | 82.3% | 371 |
| 2025-12-27 | 0% | 35.6% | 3,944 |
| 2026-01-03 | 70% | 48.1% | 1,008 |
| 2026-01-10 | 33.3% | 63.8% | 307 |
| 2026-01-17 | 100% | 75.5% | 688 |