Don’t look now but the Illinois Fighting Illini are trying to crash the Big Ten blueblood recruiting party. Coming off a 10-3 season and a bowl game win over South Carolina coach Bret Bielema has his ...

He had a titanic run-in with South Carolina's Shane Beamer at last year's Citrus Bowl. He has needled back at fans dumping on ...

The Big Ten has consistently put Bret Bielema in the leadoff spot at media days the past few years. The Illinois coach has ...

Illinois football sent three players and head coach Bret Bielema to Las Vegas for 2025 Big Ten football media days. The ...

Bret Bielema delivers witty remarks, poking fun at Jim Harbaugh and Lane Kiffin, stirring up some friendly rivalry between ...

Illinois was one of the few 9-3 teams to miss the College Football Playoff this past season, but now it's faced with a new ...

Dan Mullen once coached in the SEC at the same time as Bret Bielema, and now Mullen is wondering if they could make a reunion ...

Illinois head coach Bret Bielema is attempting to throw the Georgia Bulldogs and head coach Kirby Smart under the bus for landing former Fighting Illini star rusher Josh McCray a little too fast ...

Bret Bielema clarifies remarks suggesting Georgia, Kirby Smart tampered with Illinois RB Josh McCray The Bulldogs sealed their need in the backfield with one of the Big Ten's top returning ...

College football has seen sweeping changes the last few years. One of them, Illinois coach Bret Bielema believes, is an end to the notion of the Southeastern Conference’s supremacy. Appearing at ...

Illinois head coach Bret Bielema was an instigator and South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer looked ready to brawl, but now the two have moved on. In an appearance on Pardon My Take podcast on ...

Penn State head coach James Franklin enters the 2025 season as the Big Ten's preseason Coach of the Year as voted on in the ...