Illinois football coach Bret Bielema defended the Big Ten after Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia took shots at the ...

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema is going backward. Looking younger. Feeling so much better. Bielema, 55, told the ...

The Fighting Illini head coach has not held back on what he thinks about the rival conference before ahead of an exciting ...

Bret Bielema talked to reporters about a variety of topics on Tuesday at Illini Night at Wrigley Field. Bielema and Illinois ...

Can't Wait For Saturday | Less is more when it comes to coaching the Illinois football team Bob Asmussen interviews Illinois ...

Bret Bielema downplayed the rumors linking him to his alma mater Iowa whenever Kirk Ferentz decides to return. Bielema played ...

Former Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh was always a lightning rod for criticism in Ann Arbor, never more so than ...

Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or asmussen ...

The Cubs hosted the Illinois football team at Wrigley Field for Illini Night on Tuesday. It’s just one way the Champaign ...

If Illinois lands both Mack Sutter and JC Anderson, my friend joked Bret Bielema needs a statue built immediately.Illinois is ...

Speaking Tuesday before Illini Night at Wrigley Field, Illinois coach Bret Bielema told reporters he'd like to see the College Football Playoff expand to 16 teams in 2026, but only if all the major ...

Sullivan has 17 total scholarship offers, including five out of the Big Ten (Indiana, Maryland, Rutgers, Wisconsin and ...