While the rain came down on the fans and players during UCLA's 38-28 victory over crosstown rival USC at the Rose Bowl, the tweets poured out on the Internet... luckily we collected a few of the choice ones shared by NFL players who used to play for the two Southern California football programs:

Jacksonville Jaguars running back Maurice Jones-Drew:

Boys in blue with a great win.

— Maurice Jones-Drew (@Jones_Drew32) November 17, 2012

Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman:

The late Dandy Don would be warming up the vocal chords about now! #BRUINS

— Troy Aikman (@TroyAikman) November 17, 2012

Oakland Raiders offensive guard Alex Parsons:

I guess this is how UCLA has felt for the last 6 years...disappointment and anger. Giving credit where it's due...well done

— Alex Parsons (@A_Parsons67) November 17, 2012

Carolina Panthers center Ryan Kalil

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat. - F. Scott Fitzgerald #FightOn #BeatTheIrish

— Ryan Kalil (@RyanKalil) November 17, 2012

Cincinnati Bengals' Tony Dye on UCLA victory:

Westwood will burn tonight!

— Tommy Pickles(@TonyDye6) November 17, 2012

Washington Redskins kicker Kai Forbath:

I'm a very proud Bruin right now!! twitter.com/KaiForbath/sta…

— Kai Forbath (@KaiForbath) November 17, 2012

Jacksonville Jaguars tight end Marcedes Lewis:

Ball game!! Proud of my young fellas reppin In the Rose Bowl!!! #ProudBruin #andYouSnowdaaat!!!

— Marcedes Lewis (@MarcedesLewis89) November 17, 2012

Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe kept hinting after UCLA's win that teammate Matt Kalil lost a bet. But it's hard to imagine the 6-foot-6, 308-pound offensive tackle ever agreeing to this:

So I'm thinking either @mattkalil can record a video of himself singing the UCLA fight song in a cheerleader outfit...

— Chris Kluwe (@ChrisWarcraft) November 18, 2012

Oakland Raiders quarterback Matt Leinart:

I hope my boy @mattbarkley is ok. Hang in there buddy

— Matt Leinart (@MattLeinartQB) November 18, 2012

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis saw some positives from Mississippi's 41-35 loss to heavily favored LSU:

Olemiss played tough today. If they can play like that against LSU, they can play with anybody in the country. Motivation!! #HottyToddy#

— Patrick willis (@PatrickWillis52) November 18, 2012

Willis' teammate LaMichael James was tweeting his support for Oregon in the hours leading up to its game against Stanford:

Today would be my Sr day with my boys at Oregon I wish I was there with you guys please go out and get this W for me @mcnamarauo #GoDucks

— LaMichael James (@LaMichaelJames) November 17, 2012

Tennessee Titans linebacker Akeem Ayers got his picture taken with his brother Kevin Ayers before Arizona State's 46-7 win over Washington State:

Me & The Bro kevin_ayers Hand Shake Before His Game. instagr.am/p/SJMzs6h4xb/

— Akeem Ayers (@Akeem_Ayers) November 17, 2012