Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

SEC
Oklahoma
Sooners
vs
SEC
South Carolina
Gamecocks
On the field
Oklahoma won 267 on Oct 18.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
OU sentiment · 76,815 comments
Positive52.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative35.4%
Mixed1.8%
SCAR sentiment · 19,697 comments
Positive48.3%
Neutral11%
Negative39.1%
Mixed1.6%
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.

Oklahoma
South Carolina

Fan Score

524.9 (better)
482.8

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

52.5% (better)
48.3%

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.

Oklahoma
South Carolina

Negativity

354.1 (better)
391.4

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

51.3
(better)37.2

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

Explicit language

39.9
(better)35.3

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.5Race0.3
2.3Gender2
1.1LGBTQIA+0.4
1.5Age1.2

Oklahoma left, South Carolina 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.

Oklahoma
South Carolina

Betting talk

2.6
1.6

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

137.3
164

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

NIL & portal talk

3.7
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: Oklahoma up, South Carolina down
Oklahoma positive ↑South Carolina positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
OU 26SCAR 7
Oklahoma had the happier comment section in 14 of 22 shared weeks, South Carolina in 8. When they met on Oct 18, Oklahoma won 26–7; Oklahoma’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Oklahoma and South Carolina
Week ofOklahoma resultOklahoma positive shareOklahoma negative shareSouth Carolina resultSouth Carolina positive shareSouth Carolina negative share
2025-08-2370.5%14.8%67.1%14%
2025-08-30W53.9%27.3%W69.6%17%
2025-09-06W67.8%20.8%W48.8%32.5%
2025-09-13W66.8%21.6%L43.1%44%
2025-09-20W43.7%43.4%L35.5%54.3%
2025-09-2756%28.7%W61.7%28.2%
2025-10-04W69.9%19.4%76.5%9.1%
2025-10-11L31.2%57.8%L35.9%54.8%
2025-10-18W51.1%36.4%L28.4%61.3%
2025-10-25L27.1%62.5%L44.5%46.5%
2025-11-01W50.3%35.5%L31.5%59.4%
2025-11-0864.9%22.6%49.2%20.8%
2025-11-15W60.8%28.5%L26%64.1%
2025-11-22W53.2%35.2%W55.2%30.5%
2025-11-29W53.7%34.4%L44.3%46%
2025-12-0661.6%24%40.4%43.8%
2025-12-13L74.5%16.6%60.3%30.4%
2025-12-2030.7%59.6%49.3%35.2%
2025-12-2752.7%40.5%49.1%28.3%
2026-01-0371.7%22%61.1%24.6%
2026-01-1062.8%21.3%60.7%25.8%
2026-01-1769.4%17.7%64.9%22%
Reactions from that night · Oct 18
Oklahoma

Roll Tide!! Oklahoma loses to Texas once a year coach said! And he doesn't destroy everybody the Big 12 confirmed! Take the mic away from coach!

negativeCoachingFacebook

Only 7 National Championship Titles? After all that time! Roll Tide!! 18 Titles! 25 years ago since the last one for Oklahoma. Y'all remind me of the Cowboys

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook
South Carolina

UP WITH MUSCHUMPS PLAYERS IN SPITE OF HIS LACK OF QUAIFICATIONS BECAUSE HAS WON NOTING SINCE

negativeCoachingFacebook

Only post I care about seeing the rest of this wasted year is Shula being fired.

negativeCoachingFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

OklahomaSouth Carolina
Harm · OU +20 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · OU +23 ptsExplicit Language · OU +6 ptsCollege Sports · SCAR +38 ptsOff-Field Storylines · OU +31 ptsSports Betting · OU +25 ptsTeam & Front Office · SCAR +10 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.
  • Oklahoma Harm: 83rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Oklahoma Identity-Based Abuse: 66th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Oklahoma Explicit Language: 87th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Oklahoma College Sports: 7th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Oklahoma Off-Field Storylines: 96th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Oklahoma Sports Betting: 30th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Oklahoma Team & Front Office: 65th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • South Carolina Harm: 63rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • South Carolina Identity-Based Abuse: 43rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • South Carolina Explicit Language: 81st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • South Carolina College Sports: 45th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • South Carolina Off-Field Storylines: 65th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • South Carolina Sports Betting: 5th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • South Carolina Team & Front Office: 75th 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. Oklahoma's positive share was higher in 15 of 22 shared weeks, South Carolina's in 7.

OUSCAR
0%38%77%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: OU, SCAR
Week ofOUSCARComments
2025-08-2370.5%67.1%1,310
2025-08-3053.9%69.6%6,604
2025-09-0667.8%48.8%6,247
2025-09-1366.8%43.1%3,952
2025-09-2043.7%35.5%8,707
2025-09-2756%61.7%2,411
2025-10-0469.9%76.5%3,880
2025-10-1131.2%35.9%6,778
2025-10-1851.1%28.4%4,115
2025-10-2527.1%44.5%5,355
2025-11-0150.3%31.5%6,244
2025-11-0864.9%49.2%1,337
2025-11-1560.8%26%8,940
2025-11-2253.2%55.2%6,259
2025-11-2953.7%44.3%9,038
2025-12-0661.6%40.4%4,189
2025-12-1374.5%60.3%3,881
2025-12-2030.7%49.3%4,525
2025-12-2752.7%49.1%184
2026-01-0371.7%61.1%370
2026-01-1062.8%60.7%1,171
2026-01-1769.4%64.9%1,015
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