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

When it comes to improving the talent level of his Illinois football team, Bret Bielema's strategy seems to be to beat them AND join them. Fresh off the school's first 10-win season in 23 years, ...

It has been a long time since the Illinois football program has been one of the true contenders when it comes to recruiting. Let’s hammer out the details. If yo ...

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

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. At issue was the placement ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema has in recent days made several new additions to the Illini's coaching staff, some of whom are familiar faces or have previous ties to Bielema. A quick rundown of those ...

College coaches are only allowed 15 spring practices, but Illini head coach Bret Bielema ... Illinois held an intense scrimmage at Memorial Stadium on Friday night — but Bielema thought ...

We believe in a lot of the same things. I think it's just a great mesh." Bielema isn't the same coach at Illinois as he was when he coached White at Wisconsin, in the same way White isn't the same ...

Bret Bielema just produced an Illinois football experience that figures to help with recruiting and player retention ... in bunches. During Mom's Weekend on the UI campus, the annual celebration was ...

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

In the beginning of Bret Bielema’s head coaching tenure 20 years ago, a spring enrollee was a rarity. Bielema remembers his ...

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