Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Mountain West
San Jose State
Spartans
vs
ACC
Stanford
Cardinal
On the field
Stanford won 3029 on Sep 27.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
SJSU sentiment · 1,563 comments
Positive50.7%
Neutral6.8%
Negative39.1%
Mixed3.4%
STAN sentiment · 3,877 comments
Positive53.8%
Neutral10.9%
Negative32.9%
Mixed2.3%
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 Jose State
Stanford

Fan Score

507.4
(better)538.3

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

50.7%
(better)53.8%

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.

San Jose State
Stanford

Negativity

390.9
(better)329.4

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

26.2 (better)
34.3

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

Explicit language

29.4
(better)19.1

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

San Jose State left, Stanford 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 Jose State
Stanford

Betting talk

6.4
6.7

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

156.1
172

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

NIL & portal talk

19.8
17.5

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 Jose State up, Stanford down
San Jose State positive ↑Stanford positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
SJSU 29STAN 30
San Jose State had the happier comment section in 9 of 21 shared weeks, Stanford in 11. When they met on Sep 27, Stanford won 30–29; Stanford’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for San Jose State and Stanford
Week ofSan Jose State resultSan Jose State positive shareSan Jose State negative shareStanford resultStanford positive shareStanford negative share
2025-08-23L84.4%3.1%L31.3%58.2%
2025-08-3037.7%52.3%58.8%27.5%
2025-09-06L58.2%29.7%L35.6%54%
2025-09-1355%35%W73%13.5%
2025-09-20W86.1%8.3%L63.5%22.2%
2025-09-27L W54.3%37.2%W69.3%17.3%
2025-10-0489.6%3%58.1%18.5%
2025-10-11L L39.9%50.7%L50.9%38.2%
2025-10-1826.3%55.6%W67.4%15.4%
2025-10-2572.7%18.2%L33.6%57.6%
2025-11-01W70.5%23.1%L24.5%60%
2025-11-08L47.8%41.1%L30.3%53.5%
2025-11-15L30.4%60.2%57.7%30.1%
2025-11-22L35%56.9%W71.2%16.1%
2025-11-29L43.6%46.2%L48.8%40.1%
2025-12-0662.5%12.5%58.1%25.8%
2025-12-1337.1%40%65.9%21.6%
2025-12-2060%40%78.6%7.1%
2025-12-2775%25%
2026-01-0377.8%16.7%57.5%12.5%
2026-01-1066.7%0%83.3%5.6%
2026-01-17100%0%100%0%
Reactions from that night · Sep 27
San Jose State

SPARTANS FOREVER! Ramon Johnson Interviews Tommie Smith And John Carlos (37 minutes): https://youtu.be/kPNxq8CSD4Q?si=oWli3XzJDvcYnyju oneloveableblackman@gmail.com

positivePolitics & ActivismFacebook

How can I listen to the game?

neutralBroadcast & MediaFacebook
Stanford

Parking lots open? What happened to parking under trees And overnight?

negativeStadium ExperienceFacebook

Game will be broadcast live on here :⤵️ 🎥 https://www.selection.king-cpasports.com/hsfootball.php

neutralBroadcast & MediaFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

San Jose StateStanford
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 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
  • Stanford Harm: 56th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Stanford Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Stanford Explicit Language: 49th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Stanford College Sports: 98th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Stanford Off-Field Storylines: 77th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Stanford Sports Betting: 94th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Stanford Team & Front Office: 82nd 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. San Jose State's positive share was higher in 9 of 21 shared weeks, Stanford's in 11.

SJSUSTAN
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: SJSU, STAN
Week ofSJSUSTANComments
2025-08-2384.4%31.3%556
2025-08-3037.7%58.8%202
2025-09-0658.2%35.6%417
2025-09-1355%73%309
2025-09-2086.1%63.5%302
2025-09-2754.3%69.3%354
2025-10-0489.6%58.1%259
2025-10-1139.9%50.9%303
2025-10-1826.3%67.4%397
2025-10-2572.7%33.6%147
2025-11-0170.5%24.5%188
2025-11-0847.8%30.3%189
2025-11-1530.4%57.7%294
2025-11-2235%71.2%671
2025-11-2943.6%48.8%531
2025-12-0662.5%58.1%39
2025-12-1337.1%65.9%123
2025-12-2060%78.6%19
2025-12-270%75%8
2026-01-0377.8%57.5%98
2026-01-1066.7%83.3%30
2026-01-17100%100%4
Behind the numbers

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