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The Navy rivalryNoah Short produces at a notably LOWER rate when his team is an underdog than when favored -- he fades when the pressure is on, and his per-target value drops too.our read

American Athletic · Jeff Monken, year 13 (90-64) · Michie Stadium · 38,000 · 22,604 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#38 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #63 (+2.2) · FPI #78
The marketno line yetat Temple · our model 65% Army · a number, not a pick

LastL 24–28 vs South Florida · Sat Sep 12 · Godspower Nwawuihe 94 rush yds, 1 TD, 4 rec yds

Nextat Temple · Fri Sep 25 · 4 pm ET · Lincoln Financial Field · series 8-7, won the last 4 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Army's faithful can't agree on where this is headed.

belief cooled ↓ 3.4vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Mixed
48/100 · 158 mentions
~ our read
Grounding
running on emotion
4% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted
~ our read
Volatility
Chaotic
σ 34 pts
~ our read
The model
#38
CFB Zeitgeist · +4.5
✓ measured
Explore all 7 corners of the fanbase ↓
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dynasty move

Army's rise to top 33% signals FBS expansion.

Monken's 7-6 record last season keeps Army in dynasty-caliber territory despite a talent rank outside the top 100 — proof the triple-option can outwork the odds.

The Pulse on Army

Archive · Wk 2 · 158 mentions · medium confidence
48
Δ -3.4 vs last wk
158 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

Awaiting next signal window
"On Brave Old Army Team" — Army fanbase · recurring line

Fanbase Signals

Cohort Divergence
0 pctSpread between sub-fanbase cohorts in the Pulse window.
The Fever Year

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

Inside the fanbase — all 7 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
AAcademy Wars
BBluesky
YYouTube
5 outlets & communities talking

One voice

+0.00whole-room sentiment · warm our read

Every cohort from the die-hards to the analytics crowd lands within 0.00 of each other — a rare consensus. The loudest voice in the room:

GGoogle NewsBeat · article

Takeaways: Usf’s preparation shines through in late comeback over Army - usforacle.com

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How Army fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

Makes me more worried about how healthy a place the senate is in than CFB, tbh. And it ain’t lookin great fellas

1.1k open ↗

The crowd’s loudest take by upvotes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

The room, end to end

skeptical
buying in
Die-hards+0.12
National take+0.12

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to our read · topic model

fan energy
34%
recent results
20%
where the program is headed
12%
the coaching staff
7%
offense
7%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

252 mentions · 5 sources · week 2026-02. Counts, sources and the divergence rank are measured (fact). Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model read (our read) — never a quote attributed to a person.
Belief checklight on evidence

~ our readArmy fans are down on the program, with a bit less hard evidence than most fanbases.

backed by facts
4% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
23% optimistic37% down

✓ counted We read 158 posts from Army fans this week.

Fanbase health · Army

Army's fanbase is growing — 63 of 100.

Loud (646 weighted voices in the latest week), winning on the field (7-6 last season, 1-1 so far), and not arguing about much.

On the field — 7-6 last season, 1-1 so far67
How loud — 646 weighted voices in the latest week86
How much they argue — not arguing about much35

3 of 3 signals · on-field reading uses last season until 4 games are in · 0–100, bands at 26 / 51 / 76

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Rivalry moodBoth fanbases' moods, side by side, week by week.

Army-Navy Game

Fan mood across the 2025 season, both sides — our read

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Hover a week for both sides’ game

Shaded weeks show whose fanbase read warmer, our measure of what fans actually said, not a poll.

Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Fanbase Voice 466 fan mentions
Doomers
Optimism
67th
Joy
27th
Anger
27th
Doom
85th
Sarcasm
3rd
vs the 94 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
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