Whose comment section wins?
Pick any two fanbases and compare what their comment sections say, stat for stat.
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.
Fan Score
Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)
Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)
Positive share
Share of all comments that are positive
Share of all comments that are positive
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.
Negativity
Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Toxicity
Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)
Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)
Explicit language
Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Identity-based abuse, tag by tag
Tag applications per 1,000 comments
South Carolina left, Vanderbilt right. Tag applications per 1,000 comments, on the same scale across every row. Reported as rates only: this block never picks a winner.
What they talk about
Three topic groups where neither direction is better, just louder. These rows describe a comment section instead of scoring it.
Betting talk
Sports-betting comments per 1,000
Sports-betting comments per 1,000
Team & front office talk
Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday
Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday
NIL & portal talk
NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap
NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap
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
| Week of | South Carolina result | South Carolina positive share | South Carolina negative share | Vanderbilt result | Vanderbilt positive share | Vanderbilt negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | – | 67.1% | 14% | – | 74.2% | 9.1% |
| 2025-08-30 | W | 69.6% | 17% | W | 73.3% | 15.2% |
| 2025-09-06 | W | 48.8% | 32.5% | W | 78% | 8% |
| 2025-09-13 | L | 43.1% | 44% | W | 71.8% | 15.7% |
| 2025-09-20 | L | 35.5% | 54.3% | W | 71% | 13.2% |
| 2025-09-27 | W | 61.7% | 28.2% | W | 78.6% | 11.4% |
| 2025-10-04 | – | 76.5% | 9.1% | L | 51.4% | 36.4% |
| 2025-10-11 | L | 35.9% | 54.8% | – | 74.7% | 13.7% |
| 2025-10-18 | L | 28.4% | 61.3% | W | 77.2% | 9.4% |
| 2025-10-25 | L | 44.5% | 46.5% | W | 75.1% | 11.5% |
| 2025-11-01 | L | 31.5% | 59.4% | L | 54.2% | 34.1% |
| 2025-11-08 | – | 49.2% | 20.8% | W | 74.9% | 15.8% |
| 2025-11-15 | L | 26% | 64.1% | – | 78.5% | 9% |
| 2025-11-22 | W | 55.2% | 30.5% | W | 73.9% | 12.8% |
| 2025-11-29 | L | 44.3% | 46% | W | 56.5% | 33.1% |
| 2025-12-06 | – | 40.4% | 43.8% | – | 59% | 32.1% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 60.3% | 30.4% | – | 40.4% | 50.1% |
| 2025-12-20 | – | 49.3% | 35.2% | – | 53.7% | 37.8% |
| 2025-12-27 | – | 49.1% | 28.3% | L | 50.9% | 36.9% |
| 2026-01-03 | – | 61.1% | 24.6% | – | 71.1% | 18.8% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 60.7% | 25.8% | – | 76.6% | 14.2% |
| 2026-01-17 | – | 64.9% | 22% | – | 88.9% | 8% |
“CAROLINA 17 clemsux 14.... it's 3rd and 16, tater! Ya'll are so pathetic! We live rent free in your heads! See ya'll in November in a real stadium! 😁”
“Always gone be there go gamecocks”
“"Fuck South Carolina" huh? Na more like FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT💯💯💯💯 You think last year was bad? Pavia, you done messed up son. Y'ALL GOING HOME HURTING AND CRYING!!!!! #GoGamecocks”
“You boys have an awesome vibe happening!!! Keep it going. Kudos to the coaching staff!”
Fingerprint duel
Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.
- South Carolina Harm: 63rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- South Carolina Identity-Based Abuse: 43rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- South Carolina Explicit Language: 81st percentile of ranked FBS teams
- South Carolina College Sports: 45th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- South Carolina Off-Field Storylines: 65th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- South Carolina Sports Betting: 5th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- South Carolina Team & Front Office: 75th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Vanderbilt Harm: 99th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Vanderbilt Identity-Based Abuse: 99th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Vanderbilt Explicit Language: 77th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Vanderbilt College Sports: 14th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Vanderbilt Off-Field Storylines: 13th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Vanderbilt Sports Betting: 5th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Vanderbilt Team & Front Office: 14th 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. South Carolina's positive share was higher in 2 of 22 shared weeks, Vanderbilt's in 20.
| Week of | SCAR | VANDY | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 67.1% | 74.2% | 809 |
| 2025-08-30 | 69.6% | 73.3% | 3,867 |
| 2025-09-06 | 48.8% | 78% | 2,508 |
| 2025-09-13 | 43.1% | 71.8% | 2,565 |
| 2025-09-20 | 35.5% | 71% | 1,935 |
| 2025-09-27 | 61.7% | 78.6% | 1,298 |
| 2025-10-04 | 76.5% | 51.4% | 1,117 |
| 2025-10-11 | 35.9% | 74.7% | 1,379 |
| 2025-10-18 | 28.4% | 77.2% | 2,631 |
| 2025-10-25 | 44.5% | 75.1% | 1,767 |
| 2025-11-01 | 31.5% | 54.2% | 1,239 |
| 2025-11-08 | 49.2% | 74.9% | 1,636 |
| 2025-11-15 | 26% | 78.5% | 1,761 |
| 2025-11-22 | 55.2% | 73.9% | 2,098 |
| 2025-11-29 | 44.3% | 56.5% | 5,115 |
| 2025-12-06 | 40.4% | 59% | 4,449 |
| 2025-12-13 | 60.3% | 40.4% | 3,611 |
| 2025-12-20 | 49.3% | 53.7% | 378 |
| 2025-12-27 | 49.1% | 50.9% | 1,195 |
| 2026-01-03 | 61.1% | 71.1% | 339 |
| 2026-01-10 | 60.7% | 76.6% | 600 |
| 2026-01-17 | 64.9% | 88.9% | 330 |