It's a two-hour, 45-minute drive from Nick Hankins' high school, Belleville West, to the Illinois campus. The three-star cornerback visited with Bret Bielema's program on Wednesday, joining his ...

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

Belleville West 2026 cornerback Nick Hankins has made several visits to the Illinois campus, including this past week for the ...

The fourth annual Bret Bielema Invitational takes place on Monday ... tees off at the University of Illinois Orange and Blue courses in Savoy. days until the Illinois football team kicks off ...

Bret Bielema is now 14 weeks away (including this ... the bowl game after Illinois had been mistaken for the Syracuse Orange, literally. Nevertheless, any motivation Illinois can get certainly ...

If a few years from now Illinois football has evolved into a national contender, Wednesday may well be the day that is viewed as perhaps the most pivotal of the Bret Bielema era. An hour after the ...

Illinois football had a turnaround season under fourth-year coach Bret Bielema, winning 10 games ... encrusted with multiple orange and blue jewels. Illinois football 2024: Every story from ...

The expanded College Football Playoff gave us more hyped matchups than ever before, but the wide landscape of bowl season ...

Those seeking parity during college football's 2025 season have come to the right place -- at least glancing at under-the-radar games with the potential of playoff-altering upsets. There's more than a ...

Illinois brings back its entire offensive line from last year's 10-win club, but coach Bret Bielema ... potential in orange and blue and stick around a few years in Champaign. If Bielema can ...