The championship ring has filled with nods to the turnaround football season, according to photos posted to social media by ...

Illinois football orchestrated a turnaround season under fourth-year coach Bret Bielema, winning 10 games for the first time ...

With only hours left before his No. 20 Illinois football team was set to take on No. 15 South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, coach Bret Bielema on Monday addressed the media a ...

Illinois head coach Bret Bielema, right, and South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer chat on the field before the Citrus Bowl NCAA college football game, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, in Orlando ...

When the final College Football Playoff rankings ... to play in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl against No. 20 Illinois at Camping World Stadium on Dec. 31. Still, coach Shane Beamer believes the new ...

When the college football season began in late ... meeting between the two programs. … Illinois is making its second appearance in the Citrus Bowl and its first since 1990 when running back ...

CHAMPAIGN — Citrus Bowl representatives attended enough Illinois football games in the second ... about becoming bowl eligible," Illinois coach Bret Bielema said about the mood that day.

It doesn't matter if Illinois football fans ... The "best" of the bowl games in which the SEC and Big Ten are jointly affiliated has been presumed all along to be Citrus Bowl on New Year's Eve ...

The Illinois football team ... Illinois play in the Citrus Bowl? Let's take a look at three most likely bowl opponents — all 9-3 SEC teams on the CFP bubble. Outspoken coach Shane Beamer and ...

The Illini continued the Big Ten's strong bowl season with a victory over the Gamecocks of the SEC. Here is every story from game day at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida: Illinois was ...