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A line I never thought it would be necessary to write: Illinois football's most challenging game in 2025 is the Big Ten opener against, gulp, Indiana. Somewhere, Bill Mallory is grinning from ear to ...

The Big Ten Conference released the 2025 football schedule Wednesday. Here's what's ahead for the Badgers next fall.

Michigan football's salary pool for assistant coaches ranked fifth nationally and second in the Big Ten according to USA ...

Bret Bielema has emphasized how many of Illinois’ 14 players that earned some level of All-Big Ten recognition could return ...

With the glut of postseason college football, it's a wonder that a game isn't named for Patrick Mahomes: Call it the Jake from State Farm Bowl.

With the portal open and top programs offering top players the moon, might the Illini quarterback look elsewhere?

Former Gophers linebacker Mac Stephens is now the head football coach in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, and Jayquan Stubbs has been ...

Illinois quarterback Luke Altmyer, with SEC roots, prepares to face South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl after a standout season ...

The transfer portal is in full force, and the Illinois football team has been sending out scholarship offers. At least three times a day, I see a transfer porta ...

And after a season of smashing expectations, Illinois football is heading off to the Citrus Bowl for the first time in 1990.For many, the belief was Illinois wo ...

Used to be the word "flipped" went best with pancakes and fixer-upper real estate. But during a 16-minute press conference this past Thursday at the Smith Center, Illinois football coach Bret Bielema ...