Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Big 12
TCU
Horned Frogs
vs
Big Ten
USC
Trojans
On the field
TCU won 3027 (OT) on Dec 30 at a neutral site.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
TCU sentiment · 9,897 comments
Positive72%
Neutral9.9%
Negative16.8%
Mixed1.4%
USC sentiment · 40,287 comments
Positive51.2%
Neutral12.1%
Negative34.8%
Mixed1.9%
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.

TCU
USC

Fan Score

719.8 (better)
511.6

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

72% (better)
51.2%

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.

TCU
USC

Negativity

167.5 (better)
348.4

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

13.4 (better)
51.8

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

Explicit language

2.6 (better)
34

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.3Race0.8
0.5Gender3.1
0.3LGBTQIA+0.6
0.1Age1.5

TCU left, USC 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.

TCU
USC

Betting talk

1.1
3.8

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

74.5
127.5

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

NIL & portal talk

3
7.4

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: TCU up, USC down
TCU positive ↑USC positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
TCU 30USC 27
TCU had the happier comment section in 19 of 22 shared weeks, USC in 3. When they met on Dec 30, TCU won 30–27 (OT); TCU’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for TCU and USC
Week ofTCU resultTCU positive shareTCU negative shareUSC resultUSC positive shareUSC negative share
2025-08-2381.1%9.4%55.9%23.9%
2025-08-30W69%12.8%W50.6%33.7%
2025-09-0658.2%15.9%W34.6%50.5%
2025-09-13W81.3%9.8%W57.9%29.1%
2025-09-20W L78.7%11.1%W54.1%30.3%
2025-09-2742.1%46.9%L37%51%
2025-10-04W76.3%15.1%54.3%27.3%
2025-10-11L51.3%36.4%W69.7%16.3%
2025-10-18W68.4%18.8%L42.7%41.8%
2025-10-25W69.9%18.3%56.5%27.9%
2025-11-0174.4%12.5%W W60%24.8%
2025-11-08L35.7%54.7%61.3%23.7%
2025-11-15L52.2%41.9%W60.5%24.7%
2025-11-22W66.5%24.4%L49.9%40.3%
2025-11-29W80.7%11.5%W52.5%33%
2025-12-0668%16.9%42.2%41.4%
2025-12-1379.1%9.9%56.7%26.2%
2025-12-2090.5%5.8%68.5%17.7%
2025-12-27W83%9.3%L20.2%70.9%
2026-01-0383.1%11%49.8%34.4%
2026-01-1088.5%3.1%62.2%23.4%
2026-01-1752.4%26.6%51.7%34.1%
Reactions from that night · Dec 30
TCU

Character, Commitment, Courage spell class even in this NCA$ A money world of transfer portal and NIL---Loyalty still matters more then then the money!🐸🏈❤🙏

positiveNILTransfer PortalFacebook

So glad they are able to have this bowl experience! I will be there yelling for them!!!

positiveCrowd & AttendanceFacebook
USC

BEAT THOSE GUYS!!!!! FINALLY!! FIGHT ON!! ✌️😎

positiveOpponent HostilityFacebook

As we say here…welcome to Texas, now go home.

negativeOpponent HostilityFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

TCUUSC
Harm · USC +67 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · USC +67 ptsExplicit Language · USC +75 ptsCollege Sports · USC +73 ptsOff-Field Storylines · TCU +8 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · USC +50 pts
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.
  • TCU Harm: 14th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU Identity-Based Abuse: 9th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU Explicit Language: 1st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU College Sports: 5th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU Off-Field Storylines: 60th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • TCU Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • TCU Team & Front Office: 7th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • USC Harm: 81st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • USC Identity-Based Abuse: 76th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • USC Explicit Language: 76th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • USC College Sports: 78th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • USC Off-Field Storylines: 52nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • USC Sports Betting: 68th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • USC Team & Front Office: 57th 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. TCU's positive share was higher in 19 of 22 shared weeks, USC's in 3.

TCUUSC
0%45%91%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: TCU, USC
Week ofTCUUSCComments
2025-08-2381.1%55.9%676
2025-08-3069%50.6%3,925
2025-09-0658.2%34.6%3,010
2025-09-1381.3%57.9%2,993
2025-09-2078.7%54.1%2,464
2025-09-2742.1%37%1,626
2025-10-0476.3%54.3%999
2025-10-1151.3%69.7%3,538
2025-10-1868.4%42.7%2,458
2025-10-2569.9%56.5%656
2025-11-0174.4%60%1,810
2025-11-0835.7%61.3%2,897
2025-11-1552.2%60.5%3,340
2025-11-2266.5%49.9%5,034
2025-11-2980.7%52.5%3,127
2025-12-0668%42.2%1,909
2025-12-1379.1%56.7%1,975
2025-12-2090.5%68.5%641
2025-12-2783%20.2%5,040
2026-01-0383.1%49.8%934
2026-01-1088.5%62.2%832
2026-01-1752.4%51.7%300
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