Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

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

Independent
UConn
Huskies
vs
MAC
UMass
Minutemen
CONN sentiment · 4,323 comments
Positive58.5%
Neutral9%
Negative30.1%
Mixed2.3%
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.

UConn
UMass

Fan Score

585 (better)
551.2

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

58.5% (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.

UConn
UMass

Negativity

301.4 (better)
333.3

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

20.6
(better)9.6

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

Explicit language

22
(better)1.4

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

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

UConn 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.

UConn
UMass

Betting talk

4.2
9.6

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

105.3
114.1

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

NIL & portal talk

27.1
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: UConn up, UMass down
UConn positive ↑UMass positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
UConn had the happier comment section in 13 of 22 shared weeks, UMass in 9.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for UConn and UMass
Week ofUConn resultUConn positive shareUConn negative shareUMass resultUMass positive shareUMass negative share
2025-08-2352%12%94.1%0%
2025-08-30W63.2%18.2%L51.3%41%
2025-09-06L36.8%50.6%L55.6%32.1%
2025-09-13L26.2%59.7%L45.2%33.3%
2025-09-20W53.6%28.6%89.7%3.4%
2025-09-27W74.4%13.4%L57.9%42.1%
2025-10-04W81.1%14.4%L45%47.5%
2025-10-1176.9%15.4%L43.2%48.2%
2025-10-18W69.1%24%L53.6%34.5%
2025-10-25L31.4%54.5%L66.7%25%
2025-11-01W74.8%14.7%L36.8%41.2%
2025-11-08W81.4%11.1%L27.2%57%
2025-11-15W82.1%9.3%L42.6%48.9%
2025-11-22W62.4%26.7%L61%29.9%
2025-11-2958.5%29.2%36%48%
2025-12-0655.4%27.5%76%16%
2025-12-1371.6%19.2%68.3%12.2%
2025-12-2070.3%16.2%40%10%
2025-12-27L30%58.3%68.6%13.7%
2026-01-0382.6%10.5%82.1%12.8%
2026-01-1080%20%81.7%14.6%
2026-01-1790.4%5.8%78.4%16.2%

Fingerprint duel

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

UConnUMass
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.
  • 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
  • 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. UConn's positive share was higher in 14 of 22 shared weeks, UMass's in 8.

CONNMASS
0%47%94%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: CONN, MASS
Week ofCONNMASSComments
2025-08-2352%94.1%93
2025-08-3063.2%51.3%320
2025-09-0636.8%55.6%334
2025-09-1326.2%45.2%290
2025-09-2053.6%89.7%141
2025-09-2774.4%57.9%101
2025-10-0481.1%45%151
2025-10-1176.9%43.2%152
2025-10-1869.1%53.6%356
2025-10-2531.4%66.7%180
2025-11-0174.8%36.8%211
2025-11-0881.4%27.2%683
2025-11-1582.1%42.6%395
2025-11-2262.4%61%513
2025-11-2958.5%36%165
2025-12-0655.4%76%247
2025-12-1371.6%68.3%249
2025-12-2070.3%40%131
2025-12-2730%68.6%765
2026-01-0382.6%82.1%125
2026-01-1080%81.7%87
2026-01-1790.4%78.4%89
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