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
Utah State left, UTEP 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 | Utah State result | Utah State positive share | Utah State negative share | UTEP result | UTEP positive share | UTEP negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | – | 94% | 1.2% | – | 74.5% | 12.8% |
| 2025-08-30 | W | 91.7% | 3.3% | L | 58.2% | 35.2% |
| 2025-09-06 | L | 87.9% | 5.6% | W | 78.3% | 13.3% |
| 2025-09-13 | W | 84.8% | 4.5% | L | 74.2% | 16.5% |
| 2025-09-20 | W | 79.1% | 15.1% | L | 43.2% | 48.1% |
| 2025-09-27 | L | 82.7% | 3.8% | L | 37.4% | 50.5% |
| 2025-10-04 | – | 92.6% | 2.1% | L | 28.7% | 63.3% |
| 2025-10-11 | L W | 71.2% | 24.2% | W | 65.6% | 24.6% |
| 2025-10-18 | – | 92% | 6.2% | – | 67.7% | 25.8% |
| 2025-10-25 | L | 66.1% | 25.2% | L | 34.1% | 51.7% |
| 2025-11-01 | – | 83% | 5.7% | – | 48.9% | 41.3% |
| 2025-11-08 | W | 90% | 4.7% | L | 51.5% | 37.4% |
| 2025-11-15 | L | 75.7% | 13.9% | L | 50.6% | 40% |
| 2025-11-22 | W L | 89.3% | 5.4% | L | 32.2% | 57.9% |
| 2025-11-29 | – | 45% | 44.6% | L | 36.2% | 56.3% |
| 2025-12-06 | – | 70.4% | 22.2% | – | 35.1% | 62.3% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 88.2% | 3.9% | – | 35.7% | 46.3% |
| 2025-12-20 | L | 53.8% | 37.8% | – | 38.7% | 48.4% |
| 2025-12-27 | – | 83.3% | 16.7% | – | 66.7% | 0% |
| 2026-01-03 | – | 74.2% | 18.9% | – | 44.4% | 39.7% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 85.7% | 14.3% | – | 70.6% | 11.8% |
| 2026-01-17 | – | – | – | – | 40.9% | 47% |
“Hoping the first play of the season is a hand off and pitch back and pass to Barnes”
“I'm a Utes fan, but second favorite is Aggies. That is the coolest helmet ever!!!”
“Miners gonna destroy Utah St.”
“That's great....I get to watch UTEP beat Utah State, the game's on cbs sports network ...go boys!!!”
Fingerprint duel
Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.
- Utah State Harm: 17th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Utah State Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
- Utah State Explicit Language: low volume, not ranked
- Utah State College Sports: low volume, not ranked
- Utah State Off-Field Storylines: 36th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Utah State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
- Utah State Team & Front Office: 21st percentile of ranked FBS teams
- UTEP Harm: 42nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- UTEP Identity-Based Abuse: low volume, not ranked
- UTEP Explicit Language: 30th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- UTEP College Sports: 82nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- UTEP Off-Field Storylines: 20th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- UTEP Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
- UTEP Team & Front Office: 53rd 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. Utah State's positive share was higher in 21 of 21 shared weeks, UTEP's in 0.
| Week of | USU | UTEP | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 94% | 74.5% | 177 |
| 2025-08-30 | 91.7% | 58.2% | 572 |
| 2025-09-06 | 87.9% | 78.3% | 512 |
| 2025-09-13 | 84.8% | 74.2% | 763 |
| 2025-09-20 | 79.1% | 43.2% | 577 |
| 2025-09-27 | 82.7% | 37.4% | 381 |
| 2025-10-04 | 92.6% | 28.7% | 484 |
| 2025-10-11 | 71.2% | 65.6% | 432 |
| 2025-10-18 | 92% | 67.7% | 144 |
| 2025-10-25 | 66.1% | 34.1% | 405 |
| 2025-11-01 | 83% | 48.9% | 145 |
| 2025-11-08 | 90% | 51.5% | 376 |
| 2025-11-15 | 75.7% | 50.6% | 370 |
| 2025-11-22 | 89.3% | 32.2% | 658 |
| 2025-11-29 | 45% | 36.2% | 636 |
| 2025-12-06 | 70.4% | 35.1% | 131 |
| 2025-12-13 | 88.2% | 35.7% | 390 |
| 2025-12-20 | 53.8% | 38.7% | 187 |
| 2025-12-27 | 83.3% | 66.7% | 12 |
| 2026-01-03 | 74.2% | 44.4% | 195 |
| 2026-01-10 | 85.7% | 70.6% | 24 |
| 2026-01-17 | 0% | 40.9% | 66 |