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
Ohio State left, Texas 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 | Ohio State result | Ohio State positive share | Ohio State negative share | Texas result | Texas positive share | Texas negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | – | 63.5% | 24.7% | – | 67% | 18.5% |
| 2025-08-30 | W | 58.6% | 31.5% | L | 40.1% | 49.2% |
| 2025-09-06 | W | 43.4% | 41.7% | W | 52.2% | 36.5% |
| 2025-09-13 | W | 45.1% | 40.1% | W | 34% | 55.1% |
| 2025-09-20 | – | 72.7% | 15.7% | W | 28.6% | 59.7% |
| 2025-09-27 | W | 62.7% | 28.2% | – | 62.3% | 23.6% |
| 2025-10-04 | W | 67% | 22.6% | L | 24.2% | 65.8% |
| 2025-10-11 | W | 67.5% | 23.8% | W | 64.7% | 22.7% |
| 2025-10-18 | W | 62.5% | 28% | W | 30.4% | 58.2% |
| 2025-10-25 | – | 60.9% | 25.7% | W | 49.8% | 39.1% |
| 2025-11-01 | W | 61.9% | 28.3% | W | 53.2% | 34.8% |
| 2025-11-08 | W | 51.3% | 37.9% | – | 55.2% | 33.3% |
| 2025-11-15 | W | 71.9% | 19.5% | L | 31.1% | 58.5% |
| 2025-11-22 | W | 67.2% | 25.5% | W W | 56.3% | 33.8% |
| 2025-11-29 | W | 68.8% | 23.2% | – | 57.7% | 32.7% |
| 2025-12-06 | L | 53% | 38.1% | – | 43% | 40.3% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 78.2% | 15.4% | – | 59.4% | 24.9% |
| 2025-12-20 | – | 68.2% | 21.4% | – | 77.4% | 15.9% |
| 2025-12-27 | L | 38.6% | 52.6% | W | 65.8% | 25.9% |
| 2026-01-03 | – | 46.4% | 38.2% | – | 61.3% | 29.6% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 59.5% | 22.1% | – | 63.6% | 23.9% |
| 2026-01-17 | – | 54.9% | 23% | – | 48.9% | 42.4% |
“Day being too easy on them. The Texas Tornado will blow them away.”
“What ? The Best Dam Band In The Land has its own football team?”
“Sec wasn’t ready for Texas to join.”
“Do I smell BBQ? 😁 Seriously though, it's nice to see our visitors arriving, with one exception that doesn't need mentioning! 😉”
Fingerprint duel
Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.
- 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
- Texas Harm: 96th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Texas Identity-Based Abuse: 97th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Texas Explicit Language: 95th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Texas College Sports: 10th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Texas Off-Field Storylines: 58th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Texas Sports Betting: 17th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Texas Team & Front Office: 23rd 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. Ohio State's positive share was higher in 15 of 22 shared weeks, Texas's in 7.
| Week of | OSU | TEX | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 63.5% | 67% | 4,333 |
| 2025-08-30 | 58.6% | 40.1% | 17,507 |
| 2025-09-06 | 43.4% | 52.2% | 10,565 |
| 2025-09-13 | 45.1% | 34% | 7,734 |
| 2025-09-20 | 72.7% | 28.6% | 10,808 |
| 2025-09-27 | 62.7% | 62.3% | 5,289 |
| 2025-10-04 | 67% | 24.2% | 8,958 |
| 2025-10-11 | 67.5% | 64.7% | 8,372 |
| 2025-10-18 | 62.5% | 30.4% | 10,775 |
| 2025-10-25 | 60.9% | 49.8% | 8,179 |
| 2025-11-01 | 61.9% | 53.2% | 12,119 |
| 2025-11-08 | 51.3% | 55.2% | 9,626 |
| 2025-11-15 | 71.9% | 31.1% | 14,077 |
| 2025-11-22 | 67.2% | 56.3% | 13,223 |
| 2025-11-29 | 68.8% | 57.7% | 27,362 |
| 2025-12-06 | 53% | 43% | 13,537 |
| 2025-12-13 | 78.2% | 59.4% | 4,867 |
| 2025-12-20 | 68.2% | 77.4% | 2,084 |
| 2025-12-27 | 38.6% | 65.8% | 21,689 |
| 2026-01-03 | 46.4% | 61.3% | 1,793 |
| 2026-01-10 | 59.5% | 63.6% | 1,736 |
| 2026-01-17 | 54.9% | 48.9% | 739 |