CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Following Illinois’ 21-7 victory over Michigan, an emotional Bret Bielema took to the podium for his postgame press conference. For many programs, beating Michigan at ...

J.C. Anderson's plan was always to play college basketball. Until all these big college football programs started reaching ...

When national media comes after Illinois' Bret Bielema, be prepared to hear about it publicly, as ESPN's Adam Rittenberg recently did.

Illinois head coach Bret Bielema didn't mince words after his ... It's a far cry from a 21-7 upset over then-ranked No. 24 Michigan two weeks ago, much less a once-promising 5-1 start.

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That wasn't enough for some – including Illini football coach Bret Bielema, an unabashed fan of other Illinois athletics programs as well as an extremely online human. NEWSLETTERS Emailed Daily.

The class of 2026 recruiting cycle is set to heat up in the coming months. Here is how every Big Ten team currently stands nationally ...

CHAMPAIGN — There wasn't any reason for Antonio James to expect a call from Bret Bielema. But when the former ... first as a graduate assistant at Michigan (2014-15), then as a linebackers ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WCIA) – Bret Bielema and Atsushi Saijo met in 1994 in Iowa City, Iowa. At the time, Bielema was a graduate assistant for the Hawkeyes and Saijo was a member of a team visiting ...

Over Christmas Bret Bielema flew to California to try and convince offensive lineman J.C. Davis to come back to Illinois for another year and well it worked. "It just showed how much he really ...

Illinois head coach Bret Bielema's infamous scuffles throughout ... and conference foes Ohio State and Michigan." It might not be enough to make them a full-fledged national title contender ...

Coach Bret Bielema and the Illini (7-3, 4-3) are coming off a 38-16 win over Michigan State. Rutgers (6-4, 3-4) is coming off a 31-17 win over Maryland. Launched in 2020, Peacock is NBCUniversal ...