Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

FCS
Sacramento State
Hornets
vs
Sun Belt
Texas State
Bobcats
SAC sentiment · 706 comments
Positive66.6%
Neutral8.6%
Negative22.9%
Mixed1.8%
TXST sentiment · 2,245 comments
Positive70.8%
Neutral9.4%
Negative18.6%
Mixed1.2%
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.

Sacramento State
Texas State

Fan Score

665.7
(better)707.8

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

66.6%
(better)70.8%

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.

Sacramento State
Texas State

Negativity

229.5
(better)186.2

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

31.2
(better)8.9

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

Explicit language

5.7 (better)
17.4

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Sacramento State left, Texas 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.

Sacramento State
Texas State

Betting talk

0
3.1

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

138.8
84.2

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

NIL & portal talk

9.9
2.7

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: Sacramento State up, Texas State down
Sacramento State positive ↑Texas State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
Sacramento State had the happier comment section in 8 of 20 shared weeks, Texas State in 12.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Sacramento State and Texas State
Week ofSacramento State resultSacramento State positive shareSacramento State negative shareTexas State resultTexas State positive shareTexas State negative share
2025-08-2385.2%7.4%76.9%0%
2025-08-30L80%20%W77.1%1.4%
2025-09-06L35.7%42.9%W89.3%2.8%
2025-09-13W84.3%9.8%L69.6%18.8%
2025-09-20W78.1%18.8%W77.4%7.5%
2025-09-27L41.7%54.2%60%0%
2025-10-0483.3%8.3%L37.4%52.8%
2025-10-11W100%0%L33.6%55.5%
2025-10-18W L71.1%26.3%L32.9%55.9%
2025-10-2535.5%53.8%L42.4%50.5%
2025-11-01W81.3%12.5%60%28%
2025-11-08W81.8%9.1%L34%60.6%
2025-11-15W80%4.6%W84.3%9.6%
2025-11-22L61.5%15.4%W88.7%1.6%
2025-11-2929.7%54.1%W88.1%2%
2025-12-067.7%84.6%100%0%
2025-12-1372.2%12.7%83.3%0%
2025-12-2089.7%7.7%87.5%0%
2025-12-270%0%W77.9%11.7%
2026-01-0390.7%4%
2026-01-1077.8%11.1%
2026-01-1774.1%11.1%83.1%6%

Fingerprint duel

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

Sacramento StateTexas State
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.
  • Sacramento State Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Sacramento State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Sacramento State Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Sacramento State College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Sacramento State Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • Sacramento State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Sacramento State Team & Front Office: low volume, not ranked
  • Texas State Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Texas State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Texas State Explicit Language: 47th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Texas State College Sports: 52nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Texas State Off-Field Storylines: 45th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Texas State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Texas State Team & Front Office: 13th 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. Sacramento State's positive share was higher in 10 of 20 shared weeks, Texas State's in 10.

SACTXST
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: SAC, TXST
Week ofSACTXSTComments
2025-08-2385.2%76.9%40
2025-08-3080%77.1%230
2025-09-0635.7%89.3%471
2025-09-1384.3%69.6%163
2025-09-2078.1%77.4%125
2025-09-2741.7%60%34
2025-10-0483.3%37.4%135
2025-10-11100%33.6%133
2025-10-1871.1%32.9%181
2025-10-2535.5%42.4%192
2025-11-0181.3%60%66
2025-11-0881.8%34%116
2025-11-1580%84.3%180
2025-11-2261.5%88.7%88
2025-11-2929.7%88.1%238
2025-12-067.7%100%31
2025-12-1372.2%83.3%132
2025-12-2089.7%87.5%47
2025-12-270%77.9%155
2026-01-030%90.7%75
2026-01-1077.8%0%9
2026-01-1774.1%83.1%110
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