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 Jose State
Spartans
On the field
San Jose State won 3528 on Oct 3.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
UNM sentiment · 8,500 comments
Positive83.6%
Neutral6.4%
Negative8.5%
Mixed1.4%
SJSU sentiment · 1,563 comments
Positive50.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative39.1%
Mixed3.4%
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 Jose State

Fan Score

836.1 (better)
507.4

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

83.6% (better)
50.7%

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 Jose State

Negativity

85.4 (better)
390.9

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

10.8 (better)
26.2

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

Explicit language

2.7 (better)
29.4

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

New Mexico left, San Jose 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 Jose State

Betting talk

2
6.4

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

127.5
156.1

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

NIL & portal talk

2.1
19.8

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 Jose State down
New Mexico positive ↑San Jose State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
UNM 28SJSU 35
New Mexico had the happier comment section in 17 of 21 shared weeks, San Jose State in 4. When they met on Oct 3, San Jose State won 35–28; New Mexico’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for New Mexico and San Jose State
Week ofNew Mexico resultNew Mexico positive shareNew Mexico negative shareSan Jose State resultSan Jose State positive shareSan Jose State negative share
2025-08-2377.6%8.5%L84.4%3.1%
2025-08-30L79.6%13.7%37.7%52.3%
2025-09-06W W92.1%1.5%L58.2%29.7%
2025-09-1385.9%8.3%55%35%
2025-09-2078.4%8.2%W86.1%8.3%
2025-09-27W L82.5%7.8%L W54.3%37.2%
2025-10-0467.8%25.6%89.6%3%
2025-10-11L84.7%6.4%L L39.9%50.7%
2025-10-18W80.7%6%26.3%55.6%
2025-10-25W85.8%7.3%72.7%18.2%
2025-11-01W93.8%2.5%W70.5%23.1%
2025-11-0880.3%11%L47.8%41.1%
2025-11-15W82.9%9.2%L30.4%60.2%
2025-11-22W W89.6%4.5%L35%56.9%
2025-11-2985.2%7.8%L43.6%46.2%
2025-12-0672.3%12.9%62.5%12.5%
2025-12-1384.4%4.9%37.1%40%
2025-12-20L90.9%3.4%60%40%
2025-12-2767.6%23.3%
2026-01-0387%4.1%77.8%16.7%
2026-01-1085.5%8.1%66.7%0%
2026-01-1768.4%5.3%100%0%
Reactions from that night · Oct 3
New Mexico

Hey let’s try trick plays that cause turnovers. GOOD JOB COACH!!!!!!! KEEP GOING!!!!!!

positiveCoachingFacebook

Quarterback is afraid to run had a chance to score. Holding call hurt us and passing the ball that close in there red zone and throwing the ball they are a 1-3 team that we took for granted

negativeOfficiatingFacebook
San Jose State

Refs must have San Jose state moneyline

positiveMoneylineFacebook

Yes of course, my brother Coach Carter is one of them ones

positiveCoachingFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

New MexicoSan Jose 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.
  • 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 Jose State Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose 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. New Mexico's positive share was higher in 17 of 21 shared weeks, San Jose State's in 4.

UNMSJSU
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: UNM, SJSU
Week ofUNMSJSUComments
2025-08-2377.6%84.4%313
2025-08-3079.6%37.7%817
2025-09-0692.1%58.2%357
2025-09-1385.9%55%621
2025-09-2078.4%86.1%169
2025-09-2782.5%54.3%335
2025-10-0467.8%89.6%424
2025-10-1184.7%39.9%373
2025-10-1880.7%26.3%519
2025-10-2585.8%72.7%586
2025-11-0193.8%70.5%720
2025-11-0880.3%47.8%318
2025-11-1582.9%30.4%464
2025-11-2289.6%35%581
2025-11-2985.2%43.6%1,330
2025-12-0672.3%62.5%412
2025-12-1384.4%37.1%157
2025-12-2090.9%60%907
2025-12-2767.6%0%404
2026-01-0387%77.8%141
2026-01-1085.5%66.7%74
2026-01-1768.4%100%41
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