Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Big Ten
Penn State
Nittany Lions
vs
American
Temple
Owls
PSU sentiment · 57,708 comments
Positive42.5%
Neutral11.8%
Negative44.3%
Mixed1.5%
TEM sentiment · 1,915 comments
Positive73.9%
Neutral9.2%
Negative15.9%
Mixed1%
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.

Penn State
Temple

Fan Score

424.9
(better)738.9

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

42.5%
(better)73.9%

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.

Penn State
Temple

Negativity

442.9
(better)158.7

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

46.5
(better)16.7

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

Explicit language

11.8
(better)7.3

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Penn State left, Temple 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.

Penn State
Temple

Betting talk

4
4.7

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

199.1
101.3

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

NIL & portal talk

6.3
5.7

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: Penn State up, Temple down
Penn State positive ↑Temple positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
Penn State had the happier comment section in 5 of 22 shared weeks, Temple in 17.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Penn State and Temple
Week ofPenn State resultPenn State positive sharePenn State negative shareTemple resultTemple positive shareTemple negative share
2025-08-2356%27.5%82.2%4.1%
2025-08-30W41%40.2%W88.7%6.2%
2025-09-06W30.7%55.6%W83.2%6.7%
2025-09-13W32%53.6%L61%25%
2025-09-2037%19.1%L78.8%12.9%
2025-09-27L21.4%67.3%88.6%0%
2025-10-04L16.8%71.7%W80.5%7.3%
2025-10-11L27.7%61.7%L63%23.9%
2025-10-18L33.5%53.4%W83%9.4%
2025-10-2550.5%39.5%W85.2%8.9%
2025-11-01L39.3%48.7%L75.2%17.7%
2025-11-08L32.9%46.6%L76.2%7.1%
2025-11-15W65.9%25.5%87.2%2.6%
2025-11-22W74.3%16.5%L L68.6%21.6%
2025-11-29W45.5%42.7%75.4%16.9%
2025-12-0660.4%25.5%24.2%57%
2025-12-1372.8%16.8%33.3%0%
2025-12-2068.3%18.6%100%0%
2025-12-27W69.4%20.9%100%0%
2026-01-0358.5%21.8%68.2%18.2%
2026-01-1080.1%9%70%10%
2026-01-1774.2%16.1%0%100%

Fingerprint duel

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

Penn StateTemple
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.
  • Penn State Harm: 76th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Penn State Identity-Based Abuse: 47th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Penn State Explicit Language: 31st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Penn State College Sports: 46th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Penn State Off-Field Storylines: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Penn State Sports Betting: 70th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Penn State Team & Front Office: 89th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Temple Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple 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. Penn State's positive share was higher in 5 of 22 shared weeks, Temple's in 17.

PSUTEM
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: PSU, TEM
Week ofPSUTEMComments
2025-08-2356%82.2%1,032
2025-08-3041%88.7%1,823
2025-09-0630.7%83.2%2,695
2025-09-1332%61%1,466
2025-09-2037%78.8%1,794
2025-09-2721.4%88.6%5,928
2025-10-0416.8%80.5%7,298
2025-10-1127.7%63%5,503
2025-10-1833.5%83%3,338
2025-10-2550.5%85.2%1,283
2025-11-0139.3%75.2%2,252
2025-11-0832.9%76.2%2,836
2025-11-1565.9%87.2%2,773
2025-11-2274.3%68.6%2,822
2025-11-2945.5%75.4%2,842
2025-12-0660.4%24.2%6,325
2025-12-1372.8%33.3%1,462
2025-12-2068.3%100%976
2025-12-2769.4%100%3,854
2026-01-0358.5%68.2%169
2026-01-1080.1%70%542
2026-01-1774.2%0%610
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