Illinois Football just picked up a massive in-state commitment. On Monday afternoon (5/20), Mt. Zion (Ill) wide receiver Brayden Trimble announced his commitment to the University of Illinois. Trimble is a 3-star recruit and ranked as the 17th-best player in the state according to 24/7 Sports.
Penn State closes out September at home against the Illini Illinois had an up-and-down 2023 season, the third season under head coach Bret Bielema. Barry Lunney Jr.
Prior to last year, the quarterback position was never a position of sustained strength for the Illinois program. They would have one or two years of success, but no one would consider Illinois to be “Quarterback U”.
Bret Bielema and his staff have been quiet thus far on the transfer portal front. However, this week was a pick up in recent pace for Illinois Football.
New Illinois Football Director of Player Personnel Dre Brown is happy to once again be back in Champaign. The former Illini running back was hired onto the staff to assist Bret Bielema, as well as the programs’ recruiting department.
Illinois Football wrapped up spring ball 2024 on Saturday, April 20th. The Orange and Blue game kicked off at 1 pm at a sunny Memorial Stadium in Champaign.
The Fighting Illini football team held their annual Spring game at Memorial Stadium on April 20 as they continued preparations for the season opener at home against Eastern Illinois.
Illinois Football is kicking off its spring ball season. As the offseason progresses and the regular season draws near, there seems to be a little bit of caution heading into Bret Bielema’s fourth season.
Spring football is underway in Champaign Illinois. Updates on Bret Bielema’s roster are now slowly starting to trickle in. The first of which, coming out on Tuesday.
Spring football is underway in Champaign Illinois. Updates on Bret Bielema’s roster are now slowly starting to trickle in. The first of which, coming out on Tuesday.
On Monday, Illinois Head Coach Bret Bielema provided an early growth analysis for his 2024 squad. Bret spotlighted certain individual players and positions who have stood out to him in spring, thus far. Of course, this is a very early report from Bielema, as we are still 26 days away from the Illinois Football “Orange and Blue” Game.
Illinois head football coach Bret Bielema joins us on the podcast to talk about some Wisconsin memories, recruiting in the age of NIL, coaching under Bill Belichick, his Money Down moment, and more!!!
Illinois Basketball has spirits riding high in the land of Lincoln from yesterday’s Big Ten Tournament Championship. However, on Monday, we turn to Bret Bielema and his preview presser for Illinois Football spring ball 2024.
Illinois Basketball has spirits riding high in the land of Lincoln from yesterday’s Big Ten Tournament Championship. However, on Monday, we turn to Bret Bielema and his preview presser for Illinois Football spring ball 2024.
Illinois quarterback Luke Altmyer will return to the starting lineup against No. 16 Iowa on Saturday after missing the latest game with a head injury, coach Bret Bielema announced Wednesday.
By: Zain Bando Third-year Illini coach Bret Bielema voiced concerns after a gut-wrenching 25-21 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday in Champaign. Illinois had surrendered a 21-10 lead before losing in the game's closing moments on a long, sustained drive by the Badger offensive attack, led by quarterback Braedyn Locke.
Days after a fourth-quarter collapse against Wisconsin football, Illinois head coach Bret Bielema is STILL complaining about the officiating. On Monday,
There are a lot of fun games this week. Most of them YB's Matt Wiesenfeld has already written about, but there are still plenty of nice values on the board in the middle of the season.
By Zain Bando The Illinois football program is quickly turning into a sinking ship right before everyone's eyes, and the devastation has continued to mount
Leonhard was named Wisconsin’s interim head coach after Paul Chryst was fired last year. However, Leonhard decided not to remain at Wisconsin after Luke Fickell was named the new head coach.
Bret Bielema may never get back to the coaching heights he achieved while at the University of Wisconsin from 2006-2012, but he's sure going to try at Illinois.
Bret Bielema was livid with the officials in Saturday’s Illinois-Michigan game, and he continued to vent after the game.
We do not know what Bielema was angry about, but there were some controversial calls and non-calls on Michigan’s final drive of the game, a 19-17 Wolverines win.
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