The No. 12 UCLA Bruins defended the Rose Bowl against the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday for a 17-7 win and social media had a lot to say in a rollercoaster of a game.
The Bruins started senior quarterback Ty Dieffenbach after the injury to starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava and he started his UCLA career off with a win to help the Bruins remain the last undefeated team in the Big Ten. Here is some of what was said on social media during the UCLA's sixth win of the season.
The last of the undefeated BIG teams
UCLA is gonna be the last undefeated BIG/SEC team, like we all predicted
— Justis Mosqueda (@JuMosq) October 17, 2026
Uniforms are on point
10/10 uniform matchup from UCLA Wisconsin
— Moneyline Matt (@MoneylineMatt12) October 17, 2026
Dieffenbach doesn't miss a beat
TY Dieffencbach so far doing amazing 👀 #UCLA #CollegeFootball #UCLAvsWisconsin
— Elviz Hernandez 🇺🇸 (@Elviz7874) October 17, 2026
Chewing up the clock
Ho hum...another 8 1/2 minute drive for UCLA. Totally old school philosophy (60% run
plays) and so far, it's working
— OSG Sports (@osgsports) October 17, 2026
Wisconsin vs the refs?
These UCLA refs should be fired and publicly apologize to the state of Wisconsin. Absolutely atrocious officiating
— Mr. Lovely (@LogixMC2) October 18, 2026
The backup is cooking
UCLA backup QB Ty Dieffenbach is kinda cooking. He’s 11-for-14 with 143 yards and has the Bruins up 10-0.
— Bobby Football (@Rob__Paul) October 18, 2026
(This a Bob Chesney tweet) pic.twitter.com/M4aiUzHVJP
Dieffenbach has the offense humming
UCLA leads Wisconsin, 10-0. Ty Dieffenbach has thrown some beautiful passes & this UCLA offense is humming.
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) October 18, 2026
Bruins football is fun
Ty Dieffenbach is doing his job. Wayne Knight and the other playmakers are stepping up too.
— John Fanta (@John_Fanta) October 18, 2026
UCLA is fun. Bob Chesney is fun. Bruins are back on the map. pic.twitter.com/VeFIBXCw9u
Fumbling for a first
Wise decision there by Colton Joseph to let UCLA knock the ball out past the first down marker.#Badgers recover and move the chains.
— Evan Flood (@Evan_Flood) October 18, 2026
High-IQ play.
Special unit for a special season
This UCLA defense is so special
— rivaldo (@rivaldoms) October 18, 2026
Trick play backfires
The trickery doesn’t work for UCLA. Wisconsin capitalizes with an interception in plus territory
— Eric Hayrapetian (@EricHayrapetian) October 18, 2026
UCLA crumbles early in the third
Absolute disaster of a start to the 2nd half for UCLA on both sides of the ball.
— Peter Eric (@4thGenBruin) October 18, 2026
Penalties everywhere
Are UCLA & Wisconsin the most undisciplined teams ever, or are these refs out of control?#UCLA #Wisconsin
— Steve Bartman (@myfoulball) October 18, 2026
Referees making their presence known
We now return to UCLA vs. Wisconsin pic.twitter.com/VRFCvqNgXj
— Jake Gould (@jakegould10) October 18, 2026
UCLA goes 97 yards
This is a backbreaking drive by UCLA
— Edward N (@ENiedfeldt) October 18, 2026
UCLA might have had a stud at backup QB
Ty is a dude. @UCLAFootball #ucla #bruins
— 4's up forever (@JesseGarciasae1) October 18, 2026
Chesney to the NFL?
So when Sean decides to retire Chesney takes his place right? #Rams #UCLA #LosAngeles
— Eddie in Santa Paula (@EDnSantaPaula) October 18, 2026
Bruins at No. 1?
UCLA objectively should be ranked #1 in country if no bias
— Daman Rangoola (@damanr) October 18, 2026
Chesney is truly a magician
It is insane to me the manner in which UCLA is winning, I understand when a new coach shows up and he's an offensive wunderkind that can unlock the quarterback and the immediate impact that can have, what I can't grasp is how Chesney is winning with defense and running the ball
— T-Bob Hebert (@TBob53) October 18, 2026
This article originally appeared on UCLA Wire: No. 12 UCLA battling against Wisconsin had social media vocal
