Ryan Walters didn't have to return to coaching immediately after being fired by Purdue, but UW and coach Jedd Fisch "checked ...

“I think it was on day three, my wife ... Bret Bielema’s staff at Illinois in 2021. Walters’ defenses with the Fighting Illini were among the nation’s best. Illinois ranked first in ...

“We loved it at West Point,” he said referencing his wife Kim, whose parents are from ... taking into account Bret Bielema from Prophetstown, Ill., who just led the Illini to one of their ...

The Illinois Fighting Illini program's five-win increase from 2023 through last season was one of college football's best turnaround stories, as they won 10 games and clinched their first bowl win ...

By Dec. 2020, following a 2-6 season, Illinois hired former Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema ... Bowl marked the first bowl win since the early-2010s and the first in Bielema's tenure, having lost ...

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

There are also a few holes to fill in the roster, but head coach Bret Bielema seems to have a way ... part of the rotation and contribute in his first season. His explosiveness and natural ...

The Illini landed the highest-ranked prep recruit of the Bret Bielema era over the weekend ... Parker came to Illinois two years ago from Toledo, the first school to offer Singleton.

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 ...