NCAA Football December 19, 2020 Bret Bielema named Illinois football coach to replace Lovie Smith Current NFL assistant Bret Bielema will replace a celebrated Illinois football coach in Lovie Smith to lead the Fighting Illini
Featured NCAA Football October 23, 2020 Big Ten Football schedule: 3 must-watch games on TV College football is back in the Big Ten, with a Power 5 conference and plenty of exciting programs finally arriving
NCAA Football May 27, 2020 Lovie Smith shaved off his magnificent beard, and everyone went into mourning Illinois football coach Lovie Smith has sported the most magnificent, luxurious Santa Clause beard for the past couple of years.
NCAA Football October 26, 2019 WATCH: Illinois punter with niftiest bouncing boot you’ll ever see It’s not often a punter makes a punt on Saturday that makes your jaw drop. That’s precisely what Illinois punter
Featured NCAA Football August 9, 2019 10 CFB coaches who need hot starts in 2019 As anticipation builds across the country for the 2019 college football season, coaches are hard at work putting the finishing
NCAA Football NFL December 6, 2018 Former head coach Lovie Smith: ‘I think the Bears are back’ As Lovie Smith struggles to make his Illinois football program relevant in the Midwest, his former Chicago Bears team is
NCAA Football Featured November 3, 2018 15 most jaw-dropping performances in CFB Week 10 Ridiculous yardage totals… College football fans have been treated to some remarkable performances and stunning stat lines this season. Week
NCAA Football October 20, 2018 Twitter reacts to freak blizzard as Illinois battles Wisconsin There’s a blizzard in Madison as the Wisconsin Badgers host the Illinois Fighting Illini on Saturday, and the October winter
Featured NCAA Football September 21, 2018 Winners, losers from Friday night’s college football action College football fans with nothing better to do than sit in front of their televisions this Friday night were in
NCAA Football September 21, 2018 WATCH: Illinois stuns PSU on brilliant go-ahead trick-play TD Don’t look now, but there could be an upset brewing in Campaign, Illinois as the Fighting Illini host the No.
NFL September 21, 2018 Twitter enraptured by Lovie Smith’s magnificent beard There are few things people love more than a classic beard. When you combine sports with an amazing beard, it
NCAA Football May 26, 2018 Illinois football players charged with theft for taking deer sculpture Oh, dear. Jimmy Marchese and Drew Murtaugh, linebackers for the Illinois football program, were walking home on April 29 when they
NCAA Football February 19, 2018 10 college football coaches under most pressure heading into 2018 Patience is often thin in the college football world. No matter how coaches are doing on the recruiting trail or
NCAA Football October 28, 2017 Top takeaways from college football Week 9 The final games of October didn’t fail to disappoint. College football Week 9 featured some huge statements, and a couple
NCAA Basketball October 24, 2017 X-factors and predictions for each Big Ten basketball team It was business as usual for Big Ten basketball last season, as the conference placed seven teams in the NCAA
NCAA Football September 15, 2017 WATCH: Illinois blocks two field-goals, scores on return against USF South Florida continues to do some funky things during Charlie Strong’s first year at the helm. On Friday night against
NCAA Football September 12, 2017 Top storylines heading into college football Week 3 Premier matchups between highly ranked teams aren’t prevalent in college football Week 3. Especially after watching so many huge games
NCAA Football September 6, 2017 Predicting studs and duds for college football Week 2 We are one week into the college football season and it feels great. Between UCLA pulling off one of the
NCAA Football June 6, 2017 Ten college football stars looking to roar back after injuries There are some outstanding college football stars returning from injuries suffered last year who’re looking to rebound in a big
NCAA Football May 10, 2017 Three Illinois football players arrested for alleged armed robbery on campus The University of Illinois football program is in the news for the wrong reasons on Wednesday. According to a TMZ
NCAA Football November 8, 2016 Top 10 storylines for college football Week 11 College football Week 11 could be considered a trap-game extravaganza for many of the top programs around the nation. There