Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Pac-12
Oregon State
Beavers
vs
Pac-12
Washington State
Cougars
On the field
Oregon State won 107 on Nov 1.
Washington State won 328 on Nov 29.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
ORST sentiment · 5,528 comments
Positive58.3%
Neutral7.4%
Negative32.5%
Mixed1.8%
WSU sentiment · 6,626 comments
Positive62.7%
Neutral8.4%
Negative26.6%
Mixed2.2%
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.

Oregon State
Washington State

Fan Score

582.9
(better)627.4

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

58.3%
(better)62.7%

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.

Oregon State
Washington State

Negativity

324.5
(better)266.1

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

31.3 (better)
37.1

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

Explicit language

22.6 (better)
26.4

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.4Race0
1.4Gender1.5
0.2LGBTQIA+0.3
0.2Age0.9

Oregon State left, Washington 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.

Oregon State
Washington State

Betting talk

4.2
3.2

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

162.8
166.8

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

NIL & portal talk

15.4
18.1

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: Oregon State up, Washington State down
Oregon State positive ↑Washington State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
ORST 10WSU 7
ORST 8WSU 32
Oregon State had the happier comment section in 9 of 22 shared weeks, Washington State in 13. When they met on Nov 1, Oregon State won 10–7; Oregon State’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Oregon State and Washington State
Week ofOregon State resultOregon State positive shareOregon State negative shareWashington State resultWashington State positive shareWashington State negative share
2025-08-2368.6%18%77.5%10.9%
2025-08-30L54.6%36.8%W48.1%35%
2025-09-06L51.6%39.8%W74.9%15.7%
2025-09-13L42.6%47.7%L37.2%49.7%
2025-09-20L L64.7%25%L46.3%42.7%
2025-09-2758%35%W78.3%16.6%
2025-10-04L47.9%45.5%70%18.8%
2025-10-11L48.7%38.4%L81%15.1%
2025-10-18W74%20.7%L59.5%33.7%
2025-10-2571.8%10.3%W81.6%10.7%
2025-11-01W46.2%23.1%L54.3%42%
2025-11-08L40.9%47.7%56.5%21.7%
2025-11-15L52.8%38.9%W61.8%28.3%
2025-11-2266.1%21.3%L34%48.5%
2025-11-29L71.2%19.6%W81.8%10.9%
2025-12-0659%34.4%45.8%39.2%
2025-12-1366.7%33.3%71.3%17.8%
2025-12-2033.3%50%W87.6%7.3%
2025-12-2760%40%69.3%18.2%
2026-01-0355.2%34.3%83.9%8.4%
2026-01-1057.1%14.3%57%32.9%
2026-01-1788.9%11.1%79.2%8.3%
Reactions from that night · Nov 1
Oregon State

1988,fisheries science. 🇻🇪♥️

neutralFacebook
Washington State

LONG LIVE THE PAC 2 !! BORN A COUG, DIE A COUG—-‘75 CLASS OF ‘78

positiveConference RealignmentFacebook

We'll be there! Rain is supposed to end by kick off

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook
Reactions from that night · Nov 29
Oregon State

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 GOBEAVS! Welcome Coach!

positiveCoachingFacebook

Excellent hire. go Beavs.

positiveCoachingFacebook
Washington State

Since when is it legal to be standing out of bounds and force a fumble?

negativeOfficiatingFacebook

let's run it up the middle every play

positiveCoachingFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

Oregon StateWashington State
Harm · WSU +15 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · WSU +14 ptsExplicit Language · WSU +8 ptsCollege Sports · WSU +6 ptsOff-Field Storylines · WSU +11 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · WSU +4 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.
  • Oregon State Harm: 50th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Oregon State Identity-Based Abuse: 19th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Oregon State Explicit Language: 53rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Oregon State College Sports: 86th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Oregon State Off-Field Storylines: 18th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Oregon State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Oregon State Team & Front Office: 74th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Washington State Harm: 65th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Washington State Identity-Based Abuse: 33rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Washington State Explicit Language: 61st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Washington State College Sports: 92nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Washington State Off-Field Storylines: 29th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Washington State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Washington State Team & Front Office: 78th 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. Oregon State's positive share was higher in 8 of 22 shared weeks, Washington State's in 14.

ORSTWSU
0%44%89%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: ORST, WSU
Week ofORSTWSUComments
2025-08-2368.6%77.5%390
2025-08-3054.6%48.1%833
2025-09-0651.6%74.9%792
2025-09-1342.6%37.2%1,047
2025-09-2064.7%46.3%995
2025-09-2758%78.3%663
2025-10-0447.9%70%726
2025-10-1148.7%81%979
2025-10-1874%59.5%647
2025-10-2571.8%81.6%142
2025-11-0146.2%54.3%94
2025-11-0840.9%56.5%67
2025-11-1552.8%61.8%269
2025-11-2266.1%34%810
2025-11-2971.2%81.8%1,010
2025-12-0659%45.8%533
2025-12-1366.7%71.3%952
2025-12-2033.3%87.6%377
2025-12-2760%69.3%308
2026-01-0355.2%83.9%377
2026-01-1057.1%57%86
2026-01-1788.9%79.2%57
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