LSU fans the most Volatile in SEC, Ole Miss fans the happiest after wins

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The methodology for our study was straightforward. We considered all of the regular season games from 2012 and the first five weeks of the 2013 season. For each game, we recorded who won the game, and we collected football-related tweets from all of the SEC college towns for one, two, and three days after the game.

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The top three schools in our rankings seem to get to the top for different reasons. The volatility of LSU & UGA fans is driven more by extreme negativity after losses, whereas the volatility of Ole Miss fans is a function of high levels of happiness after wins. An examination of the data reveals that LSU fans had an extremely negative reaction to the Alabama loss last year and the Georgia loss this year. These fans even had an overall negative reaction to a close WIN over Auburn last year! UGA fans spewed a lot of vitriol on Twitter after the loss to Clemson this year. Ole Miss fans, on the other hand, did not have overly negative reactions to losses, and were very positive after wins

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