Bielema came in at No. 18, four spots below Kansas coach Lance Leipold, whom Illinois and Bielema defeated in an early-season matchup last September. This arrangement wasn't the only puzzling ...

Four-star safety Kaedyn Cobbs committed to Illinois' 2026 class on Friday. The Guyer High School (Texas) standout chose Bret Bielema's program over schools like Nebraska, UNLV, Texas Tech ...

Bret Bielema came away from his Saturday visit to central Illinois very impressed. The Illinois head football coach addressed the media Sunday, heaping on some high praise for the talent of the ...

Monday, On3 released its way-too-early College Football Playoff pairings, wisely including the Illini alongside fellow Big ...

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He's also received visits from four different Big Ten Conference head coaches in Barry Odom (Purdue), Bret Bielema (Illinois), Kirk Ferentz (Iowa) and James Franklin (Penn State). Every offer ...

the Gamecocks were one of the odd teams left out of the playoff discussion and instead fell to Illinois and coach Bret Bielema, 21-17, in a hotly-contested Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. In recent weeks ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...

Sean Hannity and Bret Baier filmed a lighthearted ad that is set to air Sunday on FOX during pregame coverage of Super Bowl LIX. The ad kicks off with Hannity and Baier in makeup chairs ...

Barry Odom became the latest Big Ten Conference head football coach to watch a little basketball in Dunlap. Odom, the newly hired Purdue coach, was in Dunlap on Tuesday night to see four-star ...

“I ran on this,” Trump, 78, told Fox News’ Bret Baier in a preview clip of his Super Bowl interview, referring to his administration’s efforts to root out government waste. “I’ve had a ...