After finishing 9-3 with a six-game winning streak to close the regular season as one of the conference's hottest teams, the ...
As Nebraska slowly builds its next class, a Citrus Bowl imbroglio helped Bret Bielema and Illinois break out on the 2026 ...
The Illinois Fighting Illini program's five-win increase from 2023 through last season was one of college football's best ...
Much has been made already of the flare-up in the Cheez-It Bowl between South Carolina coach Shane Beamer and Illinois coach Bret Bielema, but it’s clear the wound is still fresh for Beamer. Beamer ...
South Carolina's Shane Beamer addresses tensions with Illinois' Bret Bielema following Cheez-It Bowl incident The fallout from the Cheez-It Bowl confrontation between South Carolina coach Shane ...
Bret Bielema has been feeling quite bold lately. Almost a month after getting into a heated exchange with South Carolina’s Shane Beamer during the Citrus Bowl, the Illinois football head coach ...
The Cheez-It Citrus Bowl turned fiery when a sideline incident between Illinois’ Bret Bielema and South Carolina’s Shane Beamer grabbed the spotlight. Late in the third quarter, with the ...
South Carolina coach Shane Beamer talks to the media after the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla. College Football Reporter/Columnist South Carolina coach Shane Beamer talks to the media after the ...
South Carolina coach Shane Beamer and Illinois coach Bret Bielema were not happy with each other during the Citrus Bowl as Beamer felt like he was being mocked by Bielema during a moment in the second ...
Bielema thought the tactic was intentionally confusing and a distortion of the rules. He let Beamer know he was displeased by mimicking the gesture multiple times as he tended to an injured player ...
Coach Shane Beamer had to be held back late in the third quarter after Illinois coach Bret Bielema appeared to taunt him after signaling to Beamer with a substitution gesture used by game officials.