No. 22 Illinois still has some big goals to achieve. The Illini can match their highest win total in 17 years and move within ...

During the last couple minutes of Saturday's win against Rutgers, Illinois head coach Bret Bielema was on the verge of ...

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Illinois football pulled out a miracle win over Rutgers, and Bret Bielema had some fun with a fan who made a Matt Eberflus ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema was available Monday afternoon ahead of Saturday’s regular season finale against Northwestern at ...

As crazy as the Illini (8-3) making a real push up the College Football Playoff rankings on Tuesday? Uh, no. Seven teams ...

Trailing by one at the 40-yard line with 14 seconds to play and no timeouts, Illinois coach Bret Bielema sent in a play known ...

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Rutgers coach Greg Schiano explained his decision to take a timeout late in his team's stunning last-second loss to Illinois.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — For months on end, Bret Bielema has had contingency plans in place should COVID-19 affect his football program. He made them, examined them, double-checked them. Now ...

In the world of college football, few names resonate as strongly as Bret Bielema. The head football coach at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Bielema, has carved out a successful ...

It was the second time his team reached the eight-win threshold in the Bret Bielema era. In 2022, Illinois had an 8-5 season and a trip to the ReliaQuest Bowl. To make things even more humorous ...