Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Independent
Notre Dame
Fighting Irish
vs
Big Ten
Ohio State
Buckeyes
ND sentiment · 70,866 comments
Positive54.6%
Neutral9.2%
Negative34.5%
Mixed1.7%
OSU sentiment · 108,740 comments
Positive58.5%
Neutral8.4%
Negative31.8%
Mixed1.3%
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.

Notre Dame
Ohio State

Fan Score

546.2
(better)584.8

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

54.6%
(better)58.5%

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.

Notre Dame
Ohio State

Negativity

345
(better)318.1

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

41.6 (better)
62.4

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

Explicit language

10.5 (better)
49

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.3Race0.7
1.6Gender3.6
0.3LGBTQIA+1.3
0.7Age1

Notre Dame left, Ohio 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.

Notre Dame
Ohio State

Betting talk

2.4
3.1

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

89.9
109.7

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

NIL & portal talk

3.8
3.8

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: Notre Dame up, Ohio State down
Notre Dame positive ↑Ohio State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
Notre Dame had the happier comment section in 7 of 22 shared weeks, Ohio State in 15.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Notre Dame and Ohio State
Week ofNotre Dame resultNotre Dame positive shareNotre Dame negative shareOhio State resultOhio State positive shareOhio State negative share
2025-08-2372.7%15.7%63.5%24.7%
2025-08-30L32.5%54.8%W58.6%31.5%
2025-09-0644.3%40.7%W43.4%41.7%
2025-09-13L33.4%52.5%W45.1%40.1%
2025-09-20W52.6%35.3%72.7%15.7%
2025-09-27W68.8%21.7%W62.7%28.2%
2025-10-04W61.3%25.9%W67%22.6%
2025-10-11W59.6%31.3%W67.5%23.8%
2025-10-18W61.4%28.8%W62.5%28%
2025-10-2568.4%17.4%60.9%25.7%
2025-11-01W46.8%40.8%W61.9%28.3%
2025-11-08W71.2%17.2%W51.3%37.9%
2025-11-15W67.8%21.4%W71.9%19.5%
2025-11-22W66.5%23%W67.2%25.5%
2025-11-29W58.3%29.1%W68.8%23.2%
2025-12-0639.9%50.2%L53%38.1%
2025-12-1373.8%19.7%78.2%15.4%
2025-12-2032.7%57.5%68.2%21.4%
2025-12-2735.6%53.4%L38.6%52.6%
2026-01-0361.5%24.5%46.4%38.2%
2026-01-1048.2%40.7%59.5%22.1%
2026-01-1747.1%41.1%54.9%23%

Fingerprint duel

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

Notre DameOhio State
Harm · OSU +20 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · OSU +58 ptsExplicit Language · OSU +71 ptsCollege Sports · ND +59 ptsOff-Field Storylines · ND +20 ptsSports Betting · OSU +29 ptsTeam & Front Office · OSU +16 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.
  • Notre Dame Harm: 72nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Identity-Based Abuse: 36th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Explicit Language: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame College Sports: 71st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Off-Field Storylines: 72nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Sports Betting: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Team & Front Office: 18th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Ohio State Harm: 92nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Ohio State Identity-Based Abuse: 94th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Ohio State Explicit Language: 96th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Ohio State College Sports: 12th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Ohio State Off-Field Storylines: 52nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Ohio State Sports Betting: 54th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Ohio State Team & Front Office: 34th 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. Notre Dame's positive share was higher in 6 of 22 shared weeks, Ohio State's in 16.

NDOSU
0%39%78%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: ND, OSU
Week ofNDOSUComments
2025-08-2372.7%63.5%1,983
2025-08-3032.5%58.6%10,745
2025-09-0644.3%43.4%5,353
2025-09-1333.4%45.1%5,577
2025-09-2052.6%72.7%3,933
2025-09-2768.8%62.7%6,731
2025-10-0461.3%67%7,209
2025-10-1159.6%67.5%5,750
2025-10-1861.4%62.5%10,224
2025-10-2568.4%60.9%3,333
2025-11-0146.8%61.9%10,937
2025-11-0871.2%51.3%12,041
2025-11-1567.8%71.9%10,131
2025-11-2266.5%67.2%11,341
2025-11-2958.3%68.8%20,868
2025-12-0639.9%53%22,828
2025-12-1373.8%78.2%7,710
2025-12-2032.7%68.2%3,343
2025-12-2735.6%38.6%15,067
2026-01-0361.5%46.4%1,495
2026-01-1048.2%59.5%1,770
2026-01-1747.1%54.9%1,237
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