UCLA Football Embarrassingly Plays In Rose Bowl With Only 12 People In It

Okay, maybe 12 is just me being mean, but it was pretty terrible for the Bruins.

If you’re a UCLA fan (first off, why?), then I’m sure you would agree that things are pretty rough for you right now. Well, I guess you could say things are always rough for the Bruins, but they’re really bad now.

In my 34 years of existence, I don’t ever remember UCLA having a good team. Hell, they could barely put a winning season together when quarterback Josh Rosen was once upon a time putting up semi-flashy numbers for them. The Bruins are an atrocious football program. Though I will say, they’re definitely in the running for the best uniforms in the sport. Their blue and gold is an epic pop. (RELATED: Stadium Gets Covered In Smoke After Food Truck Catches Fire During NC State-Wake Forest Game)

But as far as UCLA‘s play on the field, it’s an utter disaster. They thought they had something when they brought in QB Nico Iamaleava from Tennessee, but he hasn’t done anything but wet the bed and now the Bruins are sitting at 0-3, once again staring irrelevance in the face.

And speaking of the 0-3 mark, it came after the Bruins paid New Mexico $1.25 million for the Lobos to play them, just for UCLA to get blown out, 35-10. And to make it even worse, it all went down in front of an embarrassing crowd size at the iconic Rose Bowl.

This is just sad:

Nico is losing 14-7 to New Mexico at the half in front of this embarrassing crowd on a Friday night. Meanwhile tomorrow Joey Aguilar will lead his 2-0 Tennessee team on the field in front of over 100,000 fans. The worst decision in NIL college sports history keeps getting worse. pic.twitter.com/dbJSZml3Qk

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) September 13, 2025

At least you have basketball, UCLA fans. Nobody can take anything away from you there, that’s for sure.