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Washington State vs. Kansas State (Sep 12, 2026) Live Score - ESPNour readArch Manning Recounts Viral Tunnel Tumble Before Texas State Gameour readThe UTSA rivalry

Pac-12 · G.J. Kinne, year 4 (23-18) · Bobcat Stadium (TX) · 30,000 · 22,019 avg in 2026

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The model#32 CFB ZeitgeistSP+ #101 (-7.8) · FPI #102
The marketTexas State by 3vs North Texas · our model 81% Texas State · a number, not a pick

LastL 26–31 vs UTSA · Sat Sep 12 · Torrance Burgess Jr. 149 rush yds, 6 rec yds

Nextvs North Texas · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · Bobcat Stadium (TX) · Texas State by 3 · series 1-0 · Game preview

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

The mood around Texas State has soured.

G.J. Kinne's year 4 (2026): 0-2, behind Jake Spavital's 4-8 in the same spot.

Most Texas State fans are unhappy — but a real minority isn't buying the panic.

What is with ESPN showing hardly any replays?

▲ 5r/CFB

I don't think they have mentioned a single thing about TXST so far.

▲ 5r/CFB
✓ verbatim
belief cooled ↓ 12.4vs prior week
Fanbase belief
Souring
40/100 · 123 mentions
~ our read
Grounding
about average
7% cite a stat · 6% typical ✓ counted
~ our read
Volatility
Chaotic
σ 24 pts
Doom window
~ our read
The model
#32
CFB Zeitgeist · +5.2
✓ measured
Explore all 9 corners of the fanbase ↓

The Pulse on Texas State

Archive · Wk 2 · 123 mentions · medium confidence
40
Δ -12.4 vs last wk
123 mentions this week · conversation velocity

What moved it — last 14 days

— Awaiting next signal window
"Eat 'Em Up Cats" — Texas State fanbase · recurring line
43 mentions · sample growing
The Fever Year

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

Inside the fanbase — all 9 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
UUnderdog Dynasty
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
6 outlets & communities talking

One voice

+0.00whole-room sentiment · warm our read

Every cohort from the die-hards to the analytics crowd lands within 0.04 of each other — a rare consensus. The loudest voice in the room:

UUnderdog DynastyBeat · article

James Madison scores 87 points, ties largest margin of victory by FBS team since 1968

underdogdynasty.com →

How Texas State fans actually talk real · top-upvoted

Rr/CFBthe room

What adding the Bobcats does to a MF

▲ 76 ▼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
Recruiting heads+0.03
Casuals−0.00

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
49%
recent results
17%
where the program is headed
13%
the schedule
6%
offense
3%

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

315 mentions · 6 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 checkmiddle of the pack

~ our readTexas State fans are down on the program, and they're backing it with about as much hard evidence as anyone.

backed by facts
7% cited a stat or resultleague 6%
the mood
11% optimistic44% down

✓ counted We read 123 posts from Texas State fans this week.

Press Pulse

8 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

We took six times the amount of bets on Michigan moneyline compared with Western Michigan
Horne · FOX Sports2 days after Texas State's 2026 opener
Customers found the most success with LSU-Clemson, Wisconsin-Notre Dame, Texas State-Texas and pretty much every other big favorite easily covering
Horne · FOX Sports2 days after the 7–59 opener
Bettors had the most difficulties with Washington State vs. Washington, Colorado vs. Georgia Tech, Oregon vs. Boise State and Baylor vs. Auburn
Horne · FOX Sports2 days after the 7–59 opener

Five Lenses

What people are saying right now

Radio, beat writers & editorial14 posts
Underdog Dynasty
“One week ago, Louisiana Tech joined the rare 80-point club, becoming the 14th team in the 21st century to score fourscore. And given the infrequency of 80, who…”
1d ago
The broader fanbase11 posts
r/CFB
“For real. All this "oh its okay, it was too hot! It wouldve sold out if it was at night...". Doesn't matter. We sold this out two years ago. All of a sudden…”
2d ago
CFB analyst takes2 posts
Bluesky · @sickoscommittee.org
“Texas State just missed a 25 yard FG.”
1w ago

Fanbase health · Texas State

Texas State's fanbase is growing — 65 of 100.

Audible (42 weighted voices in the latest week) and winning on the field (7-6 last season, 0-2 so far).

On the field — 7-6 last season, 0-2 so far67
How loud — 42 weighted voices in the latest week63

2 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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From the booth

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The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent free · r/cfb fan posts, last season
Texas State fans this offseason 33% of posts bring up another team▲4pp saltier#41 of 70 saltiest · mostly about Texas
Who Texas State fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Texas15%
  2. UTSA5%
  3. Wisconsin2%
  4. Washington State2%
  5. Boise State2%
share of Texas State’s football posts that mention each team
Texas State lives rent-free in
  1. Texas7%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Texas State
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