Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Mountain West
New Mexico
Lobos
vs
Mountain West
San Diego State
Aztecs
On the field
New Mexico won 2317 (2OT) on Nov 28.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
UNM sentiment · 8,500 comments
Positive83.6%
Neutral6.4%
Negative8.5%
Mixed1.4%
SDSU sentiment · 3,850 comments
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.5%
Negative33.5%
Mixed2.4%
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.

New Mexico
San Diego State

Fan Score

836.1 (better)
545.5

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

83.6% (better)
54.5%

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.

New Mexico
San Diego State

Negativity

85.4 (better)
335.3

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

10.8 (better)
33.2

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

Explicit language

2.7 (better)
27.5

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

New Mexico left, San Diego 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.

New Mexico
San Diego State

Betting talk

2
3.9

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

127.5
168.1

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

NIL & portal talk

2.1
2.1

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: New Mexico up, San Diego State down
New Mexico positive ↑San Diego State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
UNM 23SDSU 17
New Mexico had the happier comment section in 20 of 22 shared weeks, San Diego State in 2. When they met on Nov 28, New Mexico won 23–17 (2OT); New Mexico’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for New Mexico and San Diego State
Week ofNew Mexico resultNew Mexico positive shareNew Mexico negative shareSan Diego State resultSan Diego State positive shareSan Diego State negative share
2025-08-2377.6%8.5%W50.7%34.3%
2025-08-30L79.6%13.7%54.5%36.4%
2025-09-06W W92.1%1.5%L28.5%59.3%
2025-09-1385.9%8.3%70%30%
2025-09-2078.4%8.2%W78.3%12.7%
2025-09-27W L82.5%7.8%W W66.8%24%
2025-10-0467.8%25.6%59%27.1%
2025-10-11L84.7%6.4%W76.2%11.9%
2025-10-18W80.7%6%89.7%0%
2025-10-25W85.8%7.3%W70.8%21.7%
2025-11-01W93.8%2.5%W59.5%27.8%
2025-11-0880.3%11%L25.1%62.3%
2025-11-15W82.9%9.2%W60.4%27.2%
2025-11-22W W89.6%4.5%W L63.3%24.3%
2025-11-2985.2%7.8%27.7%55.9%
2025-12-0672.3%12.9%62.9%25%
2025-12-1384.4%4.9%80%20%
2025-12-20L90.9%3.4%88.1%4.5%
2025-12-2767.6%23.3%L59.9%32.7%
2026-01-0387%4.1%48.4%6.5%
2026-01-1085.5%8.1%71.4%14.3%
2026-01-1768.4%5.3%90.9%9.1%
Reactions from that night · Nov 28
New Mexico

What a coaching job! Bronco quit on them last mintute and still won at least 8 games first year

positiveCoachingFacebook

GO LOBOS! BEAT SAN DIEGO (NOT A) STATE!

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook
San Diego State

Best part of going to that Hell Hole is the stadium is 1 mile from the Airport!

negativeStadium ExperienceFacebook

The only good thing about New Mexico is green chilies on your burgers.

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

New MexicoSan Diego State
Harm · SDSU +47 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · Low volumeExplicit Language · Low volumeCollege Sports · SDSU +36 ptsOff-Field Storylines · SDSU +40 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · SDSU +22 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.
  • New Mexico Harm: 6th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • New Mexico Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • New Mexico Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • New Mexico College Sports: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • New Mexico Off-Field Storylines: 4th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • New Mexico Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • New Mexico Team & Front Office: 57th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State Harm: 53rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • San Diego State Explicit Language: 64th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State College Sports: 61st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State Off-Field Storylines: 44th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • San Diego State Team & Front Office: 79th 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's positive share was higher in 20 of 22 shared weeks, San Diego State's in 2.

UNMSDSU
0%47%94%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: UNM, SDSU
Week ofUNMSDSUComments
2025-08-2377.6%50.7%482
2025-08-3079.6%54.5%721
2025-09-0692.1%28.5%389
2025-09-1385.9%70%611
2025-09-2078.4%78.3%318
2025-09-2782.5%66.8%402
2025-10-0467.8%59%499
2025-10-1184.7%76.2%361
2025-10-1880.7%89.7%449
2025-10-2585.8%70.8%886
2025-11-0193.8%59.5%951
2025-11-0880.3%25.1%737
2025-11-1582.9%60.4%576
2025-11-2289.6%63.3%782
2025-11-2985.2%27.7%1,603
2025-12-0672.3%62.9%520
2025-12-1384.4%80%132
2025-12-2090.9%88.1%969
2025-12-2767.6%59.9%676
2026-01-0387%48.4%154
2026-01-1085.5%71.4%83
2026-01-1768.4%90.9%49
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