Words

How the CFB world is talking right now.

Updated Nov 4, 2026 · Weekend of Oct 31 - Nov 1

Today’s loudest

“yarders”

Fans this week: Said across many fanbases
From: Minnesota 16 at Indiana 23 · Sat, Oct 31
One of them: “Back to back 60 yarders lol” — An Ohio State fan

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What is this?

Words and phrases blowing up across the sport right now, found automatically and published unreviewed — then the fixed watchlist below, counted the same way every week so its numbers stay comparable across seasons. A number is how much a word over-indexes on a program, not raw chatter. Full glossary →

Related: what “lift” means is defined in the site glossary, and the same words show up against poll moves on The Fallout Line.

What fans are saying this week

Oct 26 to Nov 1: the words and phrases fans suddenly started saying, against the four weeks before, grouped by the game they came from

Minnesota 16 at Indiana 23 · Sat, Oct 31
“yarders”
Said across many fanbases
“Back to back 60 yarders lol”
An Ohio State fan, in the game thread
“bench Hoover”
Loudest among Indiana fans
“Please Cig for the love of god bench Hoover”
An Indiana fan, in the game thread
“Happy Halloween”
Said across many fanbases
“happy halloween to you”
A Miami fan, in a game thread
Ohio State 18 at USC 30 · Sat, Oct 31
“without Sayin”
Loudest among Ohio State fans
“If this is what the playcalling is going to look like without Sayin, Jeremiah can just call it a career and declare for the draft now.”
An Ohio State fan, in the game thread
“first start”
Loudest among Ohio State fans
“Glad the team could come together and help Fahey out in his first start. Christ”
An Ohio State fan, in the game thread
“TSC”
Loudest in Ohio State
“3rd and 19 and we’re running it? Just put TSC in if you don’t trust Fahey this much”
An Ohio State fan, in the game thread
“unranked USC”
Loudest among Michigan fans
“watching yall lose to unranked usc is funnier”
A Michigan fan, in the game thread
“thriller”
Said across many fanbases
“GG Minnesota, this was an awesome thriller game.”
An Oregon fan, in a game thread
Miami 38 at North Carolina 35 · Sat, Oct 31
“onside kicks”
Said across many fanbases
“We were 66% successful on recovering the onside kicks…”
A North Carolina fan, in the game thread
Wisconsin 0 at Iowa 30 · Sat, Oct 31
“fire Fickell”
Loudest among Wisconsin fans
“We haven’t scored on these fools in 3 years. Embarrassing, and getting boat raced again. Fire Fickell into the sun”
A Wisconsin fan, in the game thread
Florida 8 vs Georgia 27 · Sat, Oct 31
“Gridiron Classic”
Loudest among Georgia and Florida fans
“Florida has never scored a point against Georgia in the longstanding Invesco QQQ Atlanta GridIron Classic”
A Georgia fan, in the game thread
“cocktail party”
Loudest among Georgia fans
“So why are we not allowed to call it the World's largest outdoor cocktail party anymore? Alcohol is the problem when we have 100 ads for gambling every game?”
A Georgia fan, in the game thread
Mississippi State 3 at Texas 31 · Sat, Oct 31
“big man”
Loudest among Texas fans
“the greatest big man touchdown in football history.”
A Texas fan, in the game thread
South Carolina 42 at Oklahoma 25 · Sat, Oct 31
“fire Arbuckle”
Loudest among Oklahoma fans
“Fire Arbuckle chant!!!”
An Oklahoma fan, in the game thread
Notre Dame 35 vs Navy 13 · Sat, Oct 31
“Miami next”
Loudest among Notre Dame fans
“Classic trap game looking ahead to Miami next week”
A Notre Dame fan, in the game thread

Found by software from fan comments and whole game threads, and not checked by a person. Quotes are verbatim and may name real people.

Team, word, result

Program	Word	Lift	Last game	Date
Syracuse	“aura”	2.6×	beat SMU 30-27	Sat Oct 31
Rutgers	“hot seat”	2.4×	lost 21-28 to Michigan	Sat Oct 31
Ohio State	“natty”	2.3×	lost 18-30 to USC	Sat Oct 31
USC	“fraud”	1.8×	beat Ohio State 30-18	Sat Oct 31
Michigan	“delusional”	1.8×	beat Rutgers 28-21	Sat Oct 31
Arizona	“the bag”	1.7×	lost 26-34 to Texas Tech	Sat Oct 31

The watchlist

What the sport is saying

Daily mentions per word across the whole corpus, smoothed over 7 days.

Top of every chart: 137 a day, the same on all of them
Shaded: below the reporting floor, not silence
LoudAt least 18% of that ceiling today
EverydayMeasured on 63 days or more of the window
QuietMeasured on fewer than 63 days of it

“transfer portal”

121 a day now

Loud · 88% of the page’s ceilingFlat on the week

137

Loudest day Nov 1

“elite”

111 a day now

Loud · 81% of the page’s ceilingFlat on the week

137

Loudest day Sep 27

“natty”

46 a day now

Loud · 34% of the page’s ceilingFlat on the week

137

Loudest day Sep 13

“hot seat”

28 a day now

Loud · 20% of the page’s ceiling↑ 54% on the week

137

Loudest day Nov 1

“locked in”

20 a day now

Everyday · measured 82 of 84 days↑ 45% on the week

137

Loudest day Sep 27

“fraud”

16 a day now

Everyday · measured 75 of 84 days↑ 26% on the week

137

Loudest day Oct 18

“cooked”

15 a day now

Everyday · measured 80 of 84 days↑ 55% on the week

137

Loudest day Sep 20

“delusional”

13 a day now

Everyday · measured 80 of 84 daysFlat on the week

137

Loudest day Oct 18

“dooming”

7 a day now

Quiet · measured 49 of 84 daysFlat on the week

137

Loudest day Oct 3

“we're so back”

6 a day now

Quiet · measured 47 of 84 days↑ 92% on the week

137

Loudest day Sep 5

“the bag”

5 a day now

Everyday · measured 64 of 84 daysFlat on the week

137

Loudest day Oct 11

“little brother”

4 a day now

Quiet · measured 59 of 84 days↑ 23% on the week

137

Loudest day Sep 10

“aura”

3 a day now

Quiet · measured 42 of 84 days↓ 45% on the week

137

Loudest day Sep 17

5 watchlist words that moved this weekend

The fastest risers on the watchlist. Nothing here is a guess at why.

“cooked”

1.6× its usual rate

“Georgia rarely loses because offense didn’t put up enough points. Its almost always because our defense got fried. Recent Alabama losses are defense got cooked, last year against Ole Miss Chambliss torched us.” — r/georgiabulldogs

“hot seat”

1.5× its usual rate

Loudest forRutgers · 2.4×

“Helmet logo is a slight upgrade, actual team? They need to pull an upset in their final 4 games to be bowl eligible. Bielema could be on hot seat next year.” — r/notredamefootball

“locked in”

1.5× its usual rate

“Looking at the breakdown of the Texas game and the USC game I think we are just a few tweaks from being a championship level team.” — r/OhioStateFootball

“fraud”

1.3× its usual rate

Loudest forUSC · 1.8×

“That would be even worse than Jimbo. Kelly is a complete fraud” — r/fsusports

“transfer portal”

1.1× its usual rate

“It doesn't seem to be Day's style to trick recruits by making changes right after signing day (although with the transfers/portal now not the big deal it used to be).” — r/OhioStateFootball

New in the talk

Who fans started on this week that was not in their top topics last week.

Wisconsin
New this week: Fickell
“Welp, back on the hot seat you go Fickell”
Georgia
New this week: Bobo
“bobo can lick my sack from the back what are we doing here”
Indiana
New this week: Josh Hoover
Penn State
New this week: Linebacker Rojas, Rojas Anchoring
Fewer fans on: rocco becht
Iowa
New this week: Kamari Moulton
Fewer fans on: lester, ferentz
Florida State
New this week: Mike Norvell
“Mike Norvell has the ability to make FSU...FSU ! Miss a 24 team playoff !”
Alabama
New this week: Kalen Deboer, Rico Scott
Fewer fans on: ryan grubb
“‘He’s a workaholic’: Alabama WR Rico Scott’s hard work pays off against Texas A&M submitted by /u/DoctorWhosOnFirst [link] [comments]”
Nebraska
New this week: Anthony Colandrea

Everything else on the watchlist

10 more tracked words with real activity this window, below the floor for a full card.

Top of these charts: 71 a day — their own, against 137 on the grid above
Shaded: below the reporting floor, not silence
“word”Darker: cleared one of the two floors for a full card, not both

“CyHawk”

“copium”

“washed”

“rev share”

“tampering”

“glazing”

“rent free”

“it's so over”

“let him cook”

“he's him”

Who each word gets said about

The programs the sport attaches each word to — rival fans and national media count the same as their own people. “transfer portal”, “elite”, “locked in” and “cooked” are missing because the sport reaches for them about every program about equally; “we're so back”, “dooming” and “little brother” are missing because too few programs cleared the 25-mention floor to rank fairly.

Pale to 1.0×, the average program — the gold is how far past it they are

“aura”

The sport reaches for this word about Syracuse 2.6 times more than it does about the average FBS program — it is 10% of everything said about them from this watchlist.

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#	Program	Vs. the average program	Share of their mentions
1	Syracuse4th week at #1	2.6×	10%
2	Oklahoma State	2.1×	7%
3	Vanderbilt↑ up 1 place	1.9×	6%
4	Houston↓ down 1 place	1.9×	6%
5	SMU	1.8×	6%
6	Georgia Tech	1.8×	6%
7	NC State	1.8×	6%
8	Utah	1.7×	5%
9	Penn State	1.6×	5%
10	Mississippi State	1.6×	5%
11	Kansas	1.6×	5%
12	Texas A&M	1.5×	5%
13	Arizona State↑ up 1 place	1.4×	4%
14	Iowa↓ down 1 place	1.4×	4%
15	Arkansas	1.4×	4%

48 FBS programs cleared the 25-mention floor for this word.

“hot seat”

The sport reaches for this word about Rutgers 2.4 times more than it does about the average FBS program — it is 25% of everything said about them from this watchlist.

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#	Program	Vs. the average program	Share of their mentions
1	Rutgers3rd week at #1	2.4×	25%
2	Boston College	2.2×	25%
3	Baylor	1.7×	17%
4	Northwestern↑ up 1 place	1.7×	17%
5	Maryland↓ down 1 place	1.7×	16%
6	Wisconsin	1.6×	16%
7	Cincinnati↑ up 3 places	1.5×	14%
8	New Mexico↑ up 6 places	1.5×	16%
9	USC↓ down 1 place	1.4×	14%
10	South Carolina↓ down 1 place	1.4×	14%
11	North Carolina↓ down 4 places	1.4×	14%
12	Oklahoma State	1.3×	13%
13	NC Statenew this week	1.3×	13%
14	TCU↓ down 1 place	1.3×	13%
15	Syracusenew this week	1.3×	13%

75 FBS programs cleared the 25-mention floor for this word.

“natty”

The sport reaches for this word about Ohio State 2.3 times more than it does about the average FBS program — it is 14% of everything said about them from this watchlist.

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#	Program	Vs. the average program	Share of their mentions
1	Ohio State6th week at #1	2.3×	14%
2	Georgia↑ up 1 place	1.9×	12%
3	Oregon↓ down 1 place	1.9×	12%
4	Clemson	1.8×	11%
5	Notre Dame	1.7×	11%
6	Iowa State	1.7×	12%
7	Michigan	1.5×	10%
8	Texas	1.5×	9%
9	Indiana↑ up 1 place	1.4×	9%
10	Miami↑ up 1 place	1.4×	9%
11	Nebraska↓ down 2 places	1.4×	9%
12	Michigan State	1.4×	9%
13	Alabama	1.3×	8%
14	LSU	1.2×	8%
15	Boise State	1.1×	7%

54 FBS programs cleared the 25-mention floor for this word.

“fraud”

The sport reaches for this word about USC 1.8 times more than it does about the average FBS program — it is 5% of everything said about them from this watchlist.

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#	Program	Vs. the average program	Share of their mentions
1	USC6th week at #1	1.8×	5%
2	BYU	1.6×	4%
3	Utah	1.5×	4%
4	SMUnew this week	1.3×	4%
5	Florida State↓ down 1 place	1.3×	3%
6	Notre Dame↓ down 1 place	1.2×	3%
7	Indiana↑ up 7 places	1.2×	3%
8	UCLA↑ up 5 places	1.2×	3%
9	Florida↓ down 2 places	1.2×	3%
10	Michigan↓ down 1 place	1.1×	3%
11	Missouri↓ down 5 places	1.1×	3%
12	Iowa↓ down 4 places	1.1×	3%
13	Oregon↓ down 3 places	1.1×	2%
14	Miaminew this week	1.1×	2%
15	Nebraska↓ down 3 places	1.1×	3%

34 FBS programs cleared the 25-mention floor for this word.

“delusional”

The sport reaches for this word about Michigan 1.8 times more than it does about the average FBS program — it is 3% of everything said about them from this watchlist.

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#	Program	Vs. the average program	Share of their mentions
1	Michigan8th week at #1	1.8×	3%
2	Florida State	1.7×	3%
3	Oregon	1.6×	2%
4	Auburn	1.4×	2%
5	Wisconsin	1.3×	2%
6	South Carolina	1.3×	2%
7	Oklahoma	1.2×	2%
8	Alabama	1.2×	2%
9	Ohio State↑ up 3 places	1.2×	2%
10	Notre Dame↑ up 5 places	1.1×	2%
11	LSU↓ down 2 places	1.1×	2%
12	Texas↑ up 2 places	1.1×	2%
13	Florida↓ down 3 places	1.1×	2%
14	Kentucky↓ down 3 places	1.1×	2%
15	Clemsonnew this week	1.0×	1%

17 FBS programs cleared the 25-mention floor for this word.

“the bag”

The sport reaches for this word about Arizona 1.7 times more than it does about the average FBS program — it is 3% of everything said about them from this watchlist.

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#	Program	Vs. the average program	Share of their mentions
1	Arizonanew this week	1.7×	3%
2	Washington↓ down 1 place	1.6×	2%
3	LSU↓ down 1 place	1.2×	1%
4	Indiana↑ up 2 places	1.1×	1%
5	Tennessee↓ down 1 place	1.1×	1%
6	Michigan↓ down 1 place	1.1×	1%
7	Notre Dame↓ down 4 places	1.0×	1%
8	Florida	0.9×	1%
9	Miaminew this week	0.9×	1%
10	Ohio State↓ down 3 places	0.9×	1%
11	Texas↓ down 1 place	0.9×	1%
12	Georgia↓ down 3 places	0.8×	1%
13	Alabama↓ down 2 places	0.8×	1%

13 FBS programs cleared the 25-mention floor for this word.

Rivals, on the same word

6 first-tier rivalries, each staged on the one watchlist word its two programs separate on hardest this season. A number is how much that program over-indexes on the word against the average FBS program. Gold is the higher of the two sides, which is not the same as being above average — both sides of a row can sit below 1.0×. Not raw volume, and not a claim about who says it about whom.

1.9×1.0× is the average FBS program — gold is the higher of the two sides

Cascade Clash
Oregon1.9×
“natty”
Washington0.7×
Palmetto Bowl
Clemson1.8×
“natty”
South Carolina0.6×
Lone Star Showdown
Texas0.6×
“aura”
Texas A&M1.5×
Texas on Texas A&M: “offense”, “sark” · Texas A&M on Texas: “reed”, “elko”
FSU-Miami
Florida State1.7×
“delusional”
Miami0.9×
Florida State on Miami: “norvell”, “coach” · Miami on Florida State: “rivalry”, “beat”
The Game
Ohio State1.2×
“delusional”
Michigan1.8×
Ohio State on Michigan: “home”, “offense” · Michigan on Ohio State: “better”, “keep”
USC-Notre Dame
Notre Dame0.8×
“hot seat”
USC1.4×
USC on Notre Dame: “field”

Heat check: what changed this week

Each program against itself: the last 7 days against their own rate over the 28 before — Oct 28–Nov 3 against Sep 30–Oct 27.

Pale to 1.0×, their own usual pace — the gold is how far past it they went

Arkansas · “transfer portal” · 3.3× its usual pace

#	Program	Word	Vs. its own pace
1	Arkansasnew this week	“transfer portal”	3.3×
2	Syracusenew this week	“transfer portal”	3.1×
3	Louisvillenew this week	“transfer portal”	3.1×
4	North Carolinanew this week	“transfer portal”	3.0×
5	Arizona	“hot seat”	2.8×
6	Cincinnati	“hot seat”	2.7×
7	Wake Forestnew this week	“transfer portal”	2.7×
8	South Carolinanew this week	“transfer portal”	2.7×
9	Missourinew this week	“transfer portal”	2.6×
10	Baylornew this week	“transfer portal”	2.5×

What it takes to qualify for this table

A program needs 12+ mentions of the word across the baseline before it can qualify, this week’s mentions have to come from at least 5 separate posts or articles, and the multiple is pulled toward 1.0× in proportion to how thin the recent week is — a quiet program cannot post a runaway number off three extra posts. Both count columns are a week’s worth at the measured rate, so they stay comparable when a word drops below the reporting floor for a day.

Find your team

Every program with a word above the floor this week. Each row names what its multiple is measured against; nothing compares across the three.

A 6 programs

Alabama

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.8×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“natty”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“delusional”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

App State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

Arizona

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“hot seat”	2.8×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“the bag”	1.7×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“cooked”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

Arizona State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“aura”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Arkansas

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	3.3×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“aura”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Auburn

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“dooming”	2.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“delusional”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“aura”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

B 5 programs

BYU

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“fraud”	1.6×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“aura”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Ball State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“elite”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season

Baylor

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	2.5×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“hot seat”	1.7×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Boise State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“natty”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Boston College

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“hot seat”	2.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

C 5 programs

California

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“locked in”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Cincinnati

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“hot seat”	2.7×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“hot seat”	1.5×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

Clemson

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“hot seat”	1.8×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“natty”	1.8×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

Coastal Carolina

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“elite”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

Colorado

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“hot seat”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“aura”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

D 1 program

Duke

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.6×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

F 4 programs

Florida

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“dooming”	1.9×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.7×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“we're so back”	1.5×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“delusional”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Florida Atlantic

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season

Florida State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“elite”	2.1×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“transfer portal”	1.8×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“locked in”	1.8×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“delusional”	1.7×	vs. the average program	said all season
“natty”	1.5×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“cooked”	1.5×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“natty”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Fresno State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

G 2 programs

Georgia

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“natty”	1.9×	vs. the average program	said all season
“little brother”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“we're so back”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Georgia Tech

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	2.4×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“aura”	1.8×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

H 2 programs

Hawai'i

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

Houston

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“aura”	1.9×	vs. the average program	said all season
“cooked”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

I 4 programs

Illinois

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	2.4×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“elite”	1.7×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“aura”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

Indiana

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“hot seat”	1.6×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“transfer portal”	1.6×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“natty”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“the bag”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Iowa

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“aura”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“cooked”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Iowa State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“natty”	1.7×	vs. the average program	said all season
“aura”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

J 2 programs

Jacksonville State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“elite”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

James Madison

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season

K 5 programs

Kansas

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“aura”	1.6×	vs. the average program	said all season
“cooked”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Kansas State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Kennesaw State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season

Kent State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Kentucky

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.6×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“locked in”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“delusional”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

L 4 programs

LSU

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“little brother”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“natty”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“the bag”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“aura”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“delusional”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Liberty

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Louisiana

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

Louisville

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	3.1×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“aura”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

M 9 programs

Marshall

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“locked in”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

Maryland

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“hot seat”	1.7×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.5×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Massachusetts

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Miami

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	2.3×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“cooked”	1.8×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“natty”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“cooked”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Michigan

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“delusional”	1.8×	vs. the average program	said all season
“little brother”	1.7×	vs. the average program	said all season
“natty”	1.5×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“the bag”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“cooked”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Michigan State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“natty”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“cooked”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“aura”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Minnesota

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“elite”	2.2×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“transfer portal”	1.9×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“elite”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“cooked”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Mississippi State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.6×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“aura”	1.6×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Missouri

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	2.6×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“locked in”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

N 10 programs

NC State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“aura”	1.8×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Nebraska

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“dooming”	4.7×	vs. the average program	said all season
“natty”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“aura”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Nevada

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

New Mexico

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“hot seat”	1.5×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

New Mexico State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

North Carolina

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	3.0×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“hot seat”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“aura”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

North Dakota State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

North Texas

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Northwestern

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.8×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“hot seat”	1.7×	vs. the average program	said all season

Notre Dame

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“natty”	1.7×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“delusional”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

O 8 programs

Ohio

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“locked in”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Ohio State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“natty”	2.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	2.1×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“cooked”	1.7×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“locked in”	1.5×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“delusional”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Oklahoma

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“delusional”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

Oklahoma State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“aura”	2.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

Old Dominion

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.5×	vs. the average program	said all season

Ole Miss

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“locked in”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

Oregon

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“dooming”	2.0×	vs. the average program	said all season
“natty”	1.9×	vs. the average program	said all season
“delusional”	1.6×	vs. the average program	said all season
“cooked”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Oregon State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

P 3 programs

Penn State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“aura”	1.6×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Pittsburgh

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“locked in”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season

Purdue

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	2.2×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

R 1 program

Rutgers

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“hot seat”	2.4×	vs. the average program	said all season

S 7 programs

SMU

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“aura”	1.8×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

San Diego State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season

South Alabama

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season

South Carolina

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	2.7×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“hot seat”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“delusional”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

South Florida

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season

Stanford

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“locked in”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Syracuse

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	3.1×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“aura”	2.6×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	2.2×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“hot seat”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

T 11 programs

TCU

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“hot seat”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Temple

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Tennessee

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	2.2×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“elite”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“the bag”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Texas

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“dooming”	2.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“natty”	1.5×	vs. the average program	said all season
“little brother”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“delusional”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Texas A&M

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“aura”	1.5×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“cooked”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Texas State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Texas Tech

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“hot seat”	1.8×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“hot seat”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“aura”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Toledo

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Troy

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Tulane

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Tulsa

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“locked in”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

U 9 programs

UCF

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

UCLA

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“elite”	1.7×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“fraud”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

UConn

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“locked in”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

UNLV

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season

USC

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“fraud”	1.8×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.6×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“hot seat”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“cooked”	1.4×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

UTEP

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

UTSA

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season

Utah

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“aura”	1.7×	vs. the average program	said all season
“fraud”	1.5×	vs. the average program	said all season
“hot seat”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Utah State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season

V 3 programs

Vanderbilt

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“aura”	1.9×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.5×	vs. the average program	said all season

Virginia

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“hot seat”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Virginia Tech

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“hot seat”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

W 6 programs

Wake Forest

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	2.7×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“hot seat”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Washington

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“the bag”	1.6×	vs. the average program	said all season
“cooked”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“aura”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“elite”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Washington State

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.2×	vs. the average program	said all season
“locked in”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

West Virginia

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.1×	vs. the average program	said all season

Western Kentucky

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“transfer portal”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season

Wisconsin

Word	Multiple	Compared to	This is
“hot seat”	1.8×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“elite”	1.8×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“transfer portal”	1.7×	vs. their own usual pace	a jump this week
“hot seat”	1.6×	vs. the average program	said all season
“delusional”	1.3×	vs. the average program	said all season

Who each word gets said about: players

Some of this vocabulary is about people, not programs. A mention counts for a player only when the word lands within a few words of that player’s name — a post that calls the offense “washed” and names the quarterback somewhere else does not count against him. 2026 season, ranked by over-index against the average player, not raw volume.

“elite”

When the sport says “elite” near a player’s name, it is Conner Weigman 2.0 times more than the average player — 90% of everything on the watchlist said about them.

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#	Player	Vs. the average player	Share of their mentions
1	Conner WeigmanQB · Houston	2.0×	90%
2	Gunner StocktonQB · Georgia	1.7×	78%
3	Trinidad ChamblissQB · Ole Miss	1.6×	72%
4	Jadan BaughRB · Florida	1.3×	56%
5	Dante MooreQB · Oregon	1.2×	50%
6	Brady SarkisianLB · Texas	0.9×	33%
7	Arch ManningQB · Texas	0.9×	34%
8	Darian MensahQB · Miami	0.8×	30%

8 players cleared the floor for this word (8+ mentions within a few words of their name, from 5+ separate posts).

Spiking words, good news and bad

How each rising word reads when it’s said about a team, a coach or a player — a hand-labeled property of the word itself, not a reading of any sentence it appeared in.

bad news for whoever it’s about

“cooked” · “hot seat” · “fraud”

good news for whoever it’s about

“locked in”

Rising this week 312 6 words The watchlist it came from 1247 23 tracked

Bad news for whoever it’s about
Good news
Names a subject, passes no judgement

Points neither way: “transfer portal” · “natty”

The scorecard: was the sport right?

Every call this page makes on a testable word, written down the week it is made and settled later against the scoreboard, the closing line or the coaching staff.

7-5 record · ■□□■■■■□■■□□filled = the sport was right · 60 calls on the clock

The call: “fraud” · Florida
Written down: week 6 · 3.0× its own pace
Comes due: Nov 5 · 1 day from now
Judged on: cover rate over the next 28 days · 3+ lined games needed

Written Oct 8Due Nov 5

Also on the clock

Called “cooked” in week 9: Michigan (2.2× its own pace)Comes due Nov 6, 2 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 6: Indiana (2.5× its own pace)Comes due Nov 7, 3 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 6: Houston (1.9× its own pace)Comes due Nov 8, 4 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 6: Nebraska (1.9× its own pace)Comes due Nov 8, 4 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 7: USC (1.9× the average program)Comes due Nov 9, 5 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 7: BYU (2.2× its own pace)Comes due Nov 11, 7 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 7: Florida (2.3× its own pace)Comes due Nov 11, 7 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 7: Indiana (3.5× its own pace)Comes due Nov 11, 7 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 7: Penn State (2.4× its own pace)Comes due Nov 11, 7 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 7: South Carolina (2.6× its own pace)Comes due Nov 11, 7 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 7: Tennessee (2.4× its own pace)Comes due Nov 11, 7 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 7: Utah (2.3× its own pace)Comes due Nov 14, 10 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 7: Notre Dame (2.2× its own pace)Comes due Nov 15, 11 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 8: BYU (2.5× its own pace)Comes due Nov 16, 12 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 8: Notre Dame (2.2× its own pace)Comes due Nov 16, 12 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 8: USC (1.7× the average program)Comes due Nov 16, 12 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 8: Utah (4.5× its own pace)Comes due Nov 16, 12 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 9: USC (1.7× the average program)Comes due Nov 23, 19 days from now.
Called “fraud” in week 10: USC (1.8× the average program)Comes due Nov 30, 26 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 10: Arizona (3.0× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 10: Cincinnati (2.7× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 10: Rutgers (2.4× the average program)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 9: Wisconsin (2.4× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 9: Cincinnati (2.5× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 9: UCLA (2.1× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 9: Rutgers (2.3× the average program)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 8: Rutgers (2.0× the average program)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 8: Boston College (2.1× the average program)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 7: Boston College (2.1× the average program)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 6: Indiana (2.4× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 6: Mississippi State (2.4× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 6: South Carolina (2.6× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 6: Washington (2.6× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 6: Maryland (3.1× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 6: Boston College (2.2× the average program)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 6: Iowa (4.5× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 6: Iowa State (3.9× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 6: Penn State (3.9× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 6: TCU (5.3× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 6: Wisconsin (5.9× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 5: Iowa State (3.3× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 5: South Carolina (2.7× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 5: Wisconsin (3.1× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 5: Baylor (2.3× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 5: Boston College (1.9× the average program)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 5: Colorado (5.4× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 5: Georgia Tech (2.3× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 4: Mississippi State (2.6× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 4: Oklahoma State (2.8× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 4: Arkansas (2.9× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 4: Baylor (3.3× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 4: Colorado (4.4× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 4: Houston (3.1× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 4: Texas Tech (3.7× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 4: Clemson (2.0× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 4: Tennessee (2.0× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 4: Boston College (1.9× the average program)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 4: Ole Miss (3.1× its own pace)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.
Called “hot seat” in week 3: Boston College (2.1× the average program)Comes due Dec 7, 33 days from now.

Settled

Called “cooked” in week 7: Florida (2.2× its own pace)Since then: beat Texas 27-24 on Oct 17.the sport was wrong
Called “cooked” in week 7: Georgia (2.2× its own pace)Since then: lost to Auburn 24-27 on Oct 17.the sport was right
Called “cooked” in week 7: LSU (1.8× its own pace)Since then: beat Mississippi State 31-0 on Oct 17.the sport was wrong
Called “cooked” in week 6: Georgia (2.0× its own pace)Since then: lost to Auburn 24-27 on Oct 17.the sport was right
Called “fraud” in week 6: USC (2.1× the average program)Since then: 2-1 since, 2-1 against the spread.the sport was wrong
Called “fraud” in week 5: Georgia (2.9× its own pace)Since then: 2-1 since, 1-2 against the spread.the sport was right
Called “fraud” in week 5: USC (3.0× its own pace)Since then: 2-1 since, 1-2 against the spread.the sport was right
Called “fraud” in week 5: USC (2.0× the average program)Since then: 2-1 since, 1-2 against the spread.the sport was right
Called “fraud” in week 4: USC (2.5× its own pace)Since then: 2-1 since, 1-2 against the spread.the sport was right
Called “cooked” in week 4: Alabama (2.8× its own pace)Since then: beat South Carolina 49-18 on Sep 26.the sport was wrong
Called “cooked” in week 3: Oregon (2.4× its own pace)Since then: beat Portland State 84-0 on Sep 19.the sport was wrong
Called “cooked” in week 3: Florida State (1.9× its own pace)Since then: lost to Alabama 36-50 on Sep 19.the sport was right

How each call is judged

“fraud” and “elite” are judged against the closing line over the next 28 days — 3+ lined games, and 40% or 60% against the spread settles it. “cooked” is judged on whether the program won its next game. “hot seat” is judged on whether the head coach is still the head coach on Dec 7. A call is written down the week a program tops a testable word’s board and is never graded before its due date.

How this is measured

This page has two halves, measured two different ways against the same corpus — Reddit, podcasts, newsletters, video and curated social.

What’s blowing up is open vocabulary: every word and phrase in the corpus is counted, and anything running far above its own recent normal surfaces here. The multiple compares the last 7 days against the previous 28, as a rate per thousand documents rather than a raw count, so a busy news week doesn’t promote everything at once. It is also checked against the same week LAST year, so the page rediscovers new language rather than rediscovering the football calendar — “rivalry week” spikes every November and is not news. Names of people, teams and places are excluded by design, as is sponsor-read and ad copy. Nothing here is reviewed by a person before it publishes; a small-model classifier and an automatic screen for the most serious content classes (violence, criminal charges, slurs) are the only filters between the count and the page.

The watchlist is the opposite: a closed, hand-curated list of fan slang, counted the same way every day. Terms are added deliberately and never auto-discovered, which is what makes a word’s history comparable across seasons — the thing a same-day trending word cannot offer.

Only football conversation is counted. Several of these sources carry material that has nothing to do with the sport — a campus paper runs the whole paper, a campus subreddit runs housing and parking — and a word like “fraud” or “cooked” means something else entirely there. Documents below the site’s football-relevance threshold are excluded before anything is counted.

A word only appears on this page if it cleared the reporting floor on a real share of the window’s days and carried real volume. Today is excluded from every window, because today’s count is still being collected and would render as a false collapse.

Every comparison on this page — a word’s trend arrow, a program’s heat check, what counts as trending at all — runs on a 7-day window, on purpose: college football’s conversation moves in whole weeks, not days, because the games that drive it are played almost entirely on Saturday. A 7-day calendar span always covers one Saturday no matter which day this page loads, so what moves here is meant to read as a real week-over-week shift, not an artifact of which day of the week you happened to check — though a word counted on too few of those days to clear the reporting floor can still average out a quiet Saturday along with the rest. Most real jumps land right after Saturday — that is the pattern working as intended, not noise.

Program boards cover the 2026 season and FBS programs only. A program needs 25+ mentions of a word to be ranked, and the over-index figure is pulled toward average in proportion to how thin the sample is, so a team scraping the floor can’t post a runaway number.

A mention is attributed to a program when the conversation names it — so these are counts of what college football says about a program, which is not the same thing as what that program’s own fans say. Rival fans, national media and podcasts are all in the count. A conversation naming several programs counts for each of them, so per-program counts are not a partition of the national count and must never be summed into one.

Player boards are stricter. A mention counts for a player only when the word falls within a few words of that player’s name in the text, so a post about a “washed” offense that names the quarterback elsewhere does not count against him. A player needs 8+ such mentions from 5+ separate posts to be ranked, and the same pull toward average applies.

The scorecard writes a call down the night a program tops a testable word’s board and judges it on a date fixed at the time of the call: “fraud” and “elite” against the closing line over the following four weeks, “cooked” against the next game, “hot seat” against who the head coach is in December. Straight-up record is shown beside the spread record but is never the judge. Nothing is settled early, and a call the facts don’t settle stays unsettled.

What fans are saying this week

Team, word, result

The watchlist

What the sport is saying

5 watchlist words that moved this weekend

“cooked”

“hot seat”

“locked in”

“fraud”

“transfer portal”

New in the talk

Everything else on the watchlist

Who each word gets said about

“aura”

“hot seat”

“natty”

“fraud”

“delusional”

“the bag”

Rivals, on the same word

Heat check: what changed this week

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