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
MAC
UMass
Minutemen
On the field
Temple won 4210 on Aug 30.
The comment sections had their own opinions.
TEM sentiment · 1,915 comments
Positive73.9%
Neutral9.2%
Negative15.9%
Mixed1%
MASS sentiment · 1,455 comments
Positive55.1%
Neutral9.8%
Negative33.3%
Mixed1.7%
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
UMass

Fan Score

738.9 (better)
551.2

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

73.9% (better)
55.1%

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
UMass

Negativity

158.7 (better)
333.3

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

16.7
(better)9.6

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

Explicit language

7.3
(better)1.4

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

Temple left, UMass 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
UMass

Betting talk

4.7
9.6

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

101.3
114.1

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

NIL & portal talk

5.7
11

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, UMass down
Temple positive ↑UMass positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
TEM 42MASS 10
Temple had the happier comment section in 15 of 22 shared weeks, UMass in 7. When they met on Aug 30, Temple won 42–10; Temple’s comments were the more positive that week.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Temple and UMass
Week ofTemple resultTemple positive shareTemple negative shareUMass resultUMass positive shareUMass negative share
2025-08-2382.2%4.1%94.1%0%
2025-08-30W88.7%6.2%L51.3%41%
2025-09-06W83.2%6.7%L55.6%32.1%
2025-09-13L61%25%L45.2%33.3%
2025-09-20L78.8%12.9%89.7%3.4%
2025-09-2788.6%0%L57.9%42.1%
2025-10-04W80.5%7.3%L45%47.5%
2025-10-11L63%23.9%L43.2%48.2%
2025-10-18W83%9.4%L53.6%34.5%
2025-10-25W85.2%8.9%L66.7%25%
2025-11-01L75.2%17.7%L36.8%41.2%
2025-11-08L76.2%7.1%L27.2%57%
2025-11-1587.2%2.6%L42.6%48.9%
2025-11-22L L68.6%21.6%L61%29.9%
2025-11-2975.4%16.9%36%48%
2025-12-0624.2%57%76%16%
2025-12-1333.3%0%68.3%12.2%
2025-12-20100%0%40%10%
2025-12-27100%0%68.6%13.7%
2026-01-0368.2%18.2%82.1%12.8%
2026-01-1070%10%81.7%14.6%
2026-01-170%100%78.4%16.2%
Reactions from that night · Aug 30
Temple

Let’s do this! Ready to see what Keeler can do here at Temple. He’s got me fired up.

positiveCoachingFacebook

Oh…my….GAWD This is so fucking cool!!!! Yay!!!!

positiveExplicit WordsFacebook
UMass

The best of the best. Grad Assistants together. Great, great, awesome career. Well done Coach Reid. We all tip our cap to you, Judy and that great family, god bless!

positiveCoachingFacebook

Great man, great coach, great career. Coach taught more than football and greatly impacted all the lives of those who played under him. Jim Reid you were, you are, you will always be...Umass!!

positiveCoachingFacebook

Fingerprint duel

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

TempleUMass
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
  • UMass Harm: low volume, not ranked
  • UMass Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
  • UMass Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
  • UMass College Sports: low volume, not ranked
  • UMass Off-Field Storylines: low volume, not ranked
  • UMass Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • UMass 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. Temple's positive share was higher in 15 of 22 shared weeks, UMass's in 7.

TEMMASS
0%50%100%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: TEM, MASS
Week ofTEMMASSComments
2025-08-2382.2%94.1%141
2025-08-3088.7%51.3%273
2025-09-0683.2%55.6%200
2025-09-1361%45.2%142
2025-09-2078.8%89.7%114
2025-09-2788.6%57.9%54
2025-10-0480.5%45%204
2025-10-1163%43.2%231
2025-10-1883%53.6%334
2025-10-2585.2%66.7%260
2025-11-0175.2%36.8%181
2025-11-0876.2%27.2%156
2025-11-1587.2%42.6%133
2025-11-2268.6%61%256
2025-11-2975.4%36%165
2025-12-0624.2%76%211
2025-12-1333.3%68.3%44
2025-12-20100%40%27
2025-12-27100%68.6%53
2026-01-0368.2%82.1%61
2026-01-1070%81.7%92
2026-01-170%78.4%38
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