Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

American
Temple
Owls
vs
Independent
UConn
Huskies
TEM sentiment · 1,915 comments
Positive73.9%
Neutral9.2%
Negative15.9%
Mixed1%
CONN sentiment · 4,323 comments
Positive58.5%
Neutral9%
Negative30.1%
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.

Temple
UConn

Fan Score

738.9 (better)
585

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

73.9% (better)
58.5%

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.

Temple
UConn

Negativity

158.7 (better)
301.4

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

16.7 (better)
20.6

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

Explicit language

7.3 (better)
22

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Temple left, UConn 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.

Temple
UConn

Betting talk

4.7
4.2

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

101.3
105.3

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

NIL & portal talk

5.7
27.1

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: Temple up, UConn down
Temple positive ↑UConn positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
Temple had the happier comment section in 14 of 22 shared weeks, UConn in 7.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Temple and UConn
Week ofTemple resultTemple positive shareTemple negative shareUConn resultUConn positive shareUConn negative share
2025-08-2382.2%4.1%52%12%
2025-08-30W88.7%6.2%W63.2%18.2%
2025-09-06W83.2%6.7%L36.8%50.6%
2025-09-13L61%25%L26.2%59.7%
2025-09-20L78.8%12.9%W53.6%28.6%
2025-09-2788.6%0%W74.4%13.4%
2025-10-04W80.5%7.3%W81.1%14.4%
2025-10-11L63%23.9%76.9%15.4%
2025-10-18W83%9.4%W69.1%24%
2025-10-25W85.2%8.9%L31.4%54.5%
2025-11-01L75.2%17.7%W74.8%14.7%
2025-11-08L76.2%7.1%W81.4%11.1%
2025-11-1587.2%2.6%W82.1%9.3%
2025-11-22L L68.6%21.6%W62.4%26.7%
2025-11-2975.4%16.9%58.5%29.2%
2025-12-0624.2%57%55.4%27.5%
2025-12-1333.3%0%71.6%19.2%
2025-12-20100%0%70.3%16.2%
2025-12-27100%0%L30%58.3%
2026-01-0368.2%18.2%82.6%10.5%
2026-01-1070%10%80%20%
2026-01-170%100%90.4%5.8%

Fingerprint duel

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

TempleUConn
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.
  • Temple Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Temple Team & Front Office: low volume, not ranked
  • UConn Harm: 33rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UConn Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • UConn Explicit Language: 52nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UConn College Sports: 100th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UConn Off-Field Storylines: 86th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • UConn Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • UConn Team & Front Office: 30th 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. Temple's positive share was higher in 14 of 22 shared weeks, UConn's in 8.

TEMCONN
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: TEM, CONN
Week ofTEMCONNComments
2025-08-2382.2%52%98
2025-08-3088.7%63.2%437
2025-09-0683.2%36.8%372
2025-09-1361%26.2%348
2025-09-2078.8%53.6%197
2025-09-2788.6%74.4%117
2025-10-0480.5%81.1%275
2025-10-1163%76.9%105
2025-10-1883%69.1%470
2025-10-2585.2%31.4%392
2025-11-0175.2%74.8%256
2025-11-0876.2%81.4%611
2025-11-1587.2%82.1%340
2025-11-2268.6%62.4%461
2025-11-2975.4%58.5%130
2025-12-0624.2%55.4%408
2025-12-1333.3%71.6%211
2025-12-20100%70.3%118
2025-12-27100%30%716
2026-01-0368.2%82.6%108
2026-01-1070%80%15
2026-01-170%90.4%53
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