Furman

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Southern · Paladin Stadium · 16,000 · 8,147 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs South Carolina State · our model 33% Furman · a number, not a pick

LastW 20–13 at Mercer · Sat Sep 12 · Trevor Short 2 sacks, 2 TFL, 2 tackles

Nextvs South Carolina State · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · Paladin Stadium · series 2-1 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

The Furman faithful are all the way in.

belief warmed ↑ 9.2vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Bullish
80/100 · 936 mentions
~ our read
Grounding
backed by facts
91% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted
~ our read
Explore all 2 corners of the fanbase ↓

The Pulse on Furman

Live · Wk 2026-02 · 936 mentions · medium confidence
80
Δ +9.2 vs last wk
936 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

— Awaiting next signal window
"Go Paladins" — Furman fanbase · recurring line

Fanbase Signals

Cohort Divergence
0 pctSpread between sub-fanbase cohorts in the Pulse window.
Cr/CFB
BBluesky
YYouTube
3 outlets & communities talking

What little we hear

Only 2 cohort(s) cleared the signal floor this week, so we won’t stage a split we can’t back. Here’s the honest read:

Millennials+0.61
National take+0.61

How Furman fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

Sounds like that would be the perfect fight for Death Valley. Whichever one

▲ 207 ▼open ↗

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

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

fan energy
69%
recent results
18%
the rankings
5%
where the program is headed
3%
the schedule
2%

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

78 mentions · 3 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 checkevidence-driven

~ our readFurman fans are split right down the middle, and they're pointing to real stats and results to back it up — more than most fanbases right now.

backed by facts
91% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
3% optimistic1% down

✓ counted We read 69 posts from Furman fans this week.

Five Lenses

What people are saying right now

Radio, beat writers & editorial3 posts
WNML
“This hour featured conversation about the SEC's 16-0 start to the season, the Vols opening win over Furman, and more... See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy…”
1w ago
The broader fanbase3 posts
r/CFB
“It was honestly amazing how we were as successful as we were under Clark when we were giving up 75+ penalty yards pretty much every game. Feel like it was both…”
2d ago

Fanbase health · Furman

Furman's fanbase is growing — 59 of 100.

Loud (200 weighted voices in the latest week), winning on the field (6-6 last season, 2-1 so far), and not arguing about much.

On the field — 6-6 last season, 2-1 so far65
How loud — 200 weighted voices in the latest week76
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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