that depends on how you analyze it.
before the season, it's usually very positive. During games, in Game Threads, it's a lot of negativity and overreaction. You have to understand that when reading a game thread. If PSU wins, it's mostly positive, though a few threads are started by those that find problems with some player, some coach, something, etc. If PSU loses, the board is pretty nasty on Saturday. Generally, the board starts to rebound toward normal by Sunday afternoon/evening. Alas, the negativity will reappear Monday morning after those that only access from work will add their thoughts. By Tuesday, the board usually reverts to positive. The aforementioned is a lot of generalization, and on a board with so much traffic there are exceptions to almost every general pattern. That said, I've been monitoring it for more years than I care to admit, and the aforementioned patterns are the norms during football season.
