Coach Bret Bielema is taking Illinois to unforeseen heights ... Just look at the 2022 8-5 season. Illinois beat Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa the same year. It had an inside track to ...

Beat Bielema. On November 18th, 2000 the Gophers defeated Iowa 27-24 in the Metrodome. Twenty-four years ago Bret Bielema was the linebackers coach of the Hawkeyes and t was the last time the ...

Iowa quarterback Cade McNamara suffered a head injury last Saturday, in between two fellow major-college quarterbacks ...

"He's a guy that I've followed throughout my career – even back to his days when he was at Iowa and Kansas State and Wisconsin ... Illinois embodies the phrase, as Bret Bielema-coached teams typically ...

Yeah, Illinois' 21-7 win over Michigan meant something to coach Bret Bielema. Saturday was a special ... He also reflected on his 1990 season as a player at Iowa, learning about the tragic passing ...

24—CHAMPAIGN — No need to tell Bret Bielema about the challenging crowd ... Bielema was in his first year as a graduate assistant coach at Iowa, his alma mater. Iowa played its fourth game ...

and a 0-63 loss to Iowa, all at home. Those days of non-competitive teams seem long gone now. Illinois football head coach Bret Bielema has renewed hope for fans, and it’s clear this isn’t ...

As an Iowa defensive lineman in 1990 ... and I think we did a pretty good job of that." Bret Bielema had reason to be especially happy Saturday. The Illini recorded their third win against ...

Saturday was an emotional day for Bret Bielema and Illinois. Beating Michigan meant a lot to the program, but it meant ...

When Illinois coach Bret Bielema stood before his team last Sunday ... had died two days before the game. As an Iowa defensive lineman in 1990, Bielema learned about the accidental death of ...