Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Mountain West
San Diego State
Aztecs
vs
Mountain West
San Jose State
Spartans
On the field
San Diego State won 253 on Nov 22.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
SDSU sentiment · 3,850 comments
Positive54.5%
Neutral9.5%
Negative33.5%
Mixed2.4%
SJSU sentiment · 1,563 comments
Positive50.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative39.1%
Mixed3.4%
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.

San Diego State
San Jose State

Fan Score

545.5 (better)
507.4

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

54.5% (better)
50.7%

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.

San Diego State
San Jose State

Negativity

335.3 (better)
390.9

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

33.2
(better)26.2

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

Explicit language

27.5 (better)
29.4

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

San Diego State left, San Jose 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.

San Diego State
San Jose State

Betting talk

3.9
6.4

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

168.1
156.1

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

NIL & portal talk

2.1
19.8

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: San Diego State up, San Jose State down
San Diego State positive ↑San Jose State positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
SDSU 25SJSU 3
San Diego State had the happier comment section in 9 of 21 shared weeks, San Jose State in 12. When they met on Nov 22, San Diego State won 25–3; San Diego State’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for San Diego State and San Jose State
Week ofSan Diego State resultSan Diego State positive shareSan Diego State negative shareSan Jose State resultSan Jose State positive shareSan Jose State negative share
2025-08-23W50.7%34.3%L84.4%3.1%
2025-08-3054.5%36.4%37.7%52.3%
2025-09-06L28.5%59.3%L58.2%29.7%
2025-09-1370%30%55%35%
2025-09-20W78.3%12.7%W86.1%8.3%
2025-09-27W W66.8%24%L W54.3%37.2%
2025-10-0459%27.1%89.6%3%
2025-10-11W76.2%11.9%L L39.9%50.7%
2025-10-1889.7%0%26.3%55.6%
2025-10-25W70.8%21.7%72.7%18.2%
2025-11-01W59.5%27.8%W70.5%23.1%
2025-11-08L25.1%62.3%L47.8%41.1%
2025-11-15W60.4%27.2%L30.4%60.2%
2025-11-22W L63.3%24.3%L35%56.9%
2025-11-2927.7%55.9%L43.6%46.2%
2025-12-0662.9%25%62.5%12.5%
2025-12-1380%20%37.1%40%
2025-12-2088.1%4.5%60%40%
2025-12-27L59.9%32.7%
2026-01-0348.4%6.5%77.8%16.7%
2026-01-1071.4%14.3%66.7%0%
2026-01-1790.9%9.1%100%0%
Reactions from that night · Nov 22
San Diego State

Great idea! They've needed an incentive to stay past the half since the stadium opened. Though it's sad that this high of an incentive is needed

mixedStudent SectionFacebook

Great idea and keeping them till 4th qtr.

positiveStudent SectionFacebook
San Jose State

Let’s show up this week Spartans! A lot of us have made the trip down here, let’s play hard and get a W!

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook

For a second, I thought SJSU was showing possible renderings of new proposed east grandstands ! …….? Sadly Its a real stadium at SDSU

negativeStadium ExperienceFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

San Diego StateSan Jose 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.
  • San Diego State Harm: 53rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • San Diego State Explicit Language: 64th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State College Sports: 61st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State Off-Field Storylines: 44th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Diego State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • San Diego State Team & Front Office: 79th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • San Jose State Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • San Jose State 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. San Diego State's positive share was higher in 11 of 21 shared weeks, San Jose State's in 10.

SDSUSJSU
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: SDSU, SJSU
Week ofSDSUSJSUComments
2025-08-2350.7%84.4%233
2025-08-3054.5%37.7%206
2025-09-0628.5%58.2%214
2025-09-1370%55%30
2025-09-2078.3%86.1%293
2025-09-2766.8%54.3%325
2025-10-0459%89.6%345
2025-10-1176.2%39.9%264
2025-10-1889.7%26.3%128
2025-10-2570.8%72.7%344
2025-11-0159.5%70.5%387
2025-11-0825.1%47.8%599
2025-11-1560.4%30.4%454
2025-11-2263.3%35%475
2025-11-2927.7%43.6%507
2025-12-0662.9%62.5%124
2025-12-1380%37.1%45
2025-12-2088.1%60%72
2025-12-2759.9%0%272
2026-01-0348.4%77.8%49
2026-01-1071.4%66.7%33
2026-01-1790.9%100%14
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