Bret Bielema has known Atsushi Saijo for more than 30 years, with the veteran football coach from Japan stopping by Champaign ...

Bret Bielema and Atsushi Saijo met in 1994 in Iowa City, Iowa. At the time, Bielema was a graduate assistant for the Hawkeyes ...

My grasp of Japanese is limited to a couple phrases: "Let's go" and "my knee hurts." Illinois football coach Bret Bielema knows some others: Ichiban, sake and Sapporo. "Back in my younger years, we'd ...

In doing so, Illinois maintained several key pieces, including offensive lineman J.C. Davis, who told select Champaign media ...

Would you pick Jonathan Smith or Sherrone Moore to lead your football program? One college football analyst likes Smith over ...

On Thursday, Illinois nose tackle TeRah Edwards was denied a waiver of eligibility for the 2025 college football season. He ...

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema talks to the media after Monday's spring workout. College Football Reporter/Columnist ...

The moment was packed into about eight seconds of real time. But it also was Illinois marching closer to what head coach Bret Bielema pitched to the early recruiting class — particularly central ...

It has been a wild ride watching the Illinois football team put together a legendary class of 2026. Bret Bielema has the ...

Illinois is coming off a 10-win campaign, which has juiced up recruiting and made it likely the Illini will be pre-season ...

A tight end from Downers Groves North could be an Illini in 2026.Junior Will Vala was offered a scholarship by head coach ...

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 ...