The Illini face a huge season entering this fall, as Bret Bielema is in his fifth year in Champaign. Illinois finished 10-3 ...

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INDIANAPOLIS – Bret Bielema was just 35 years old when he learned he would replace Barry Alvarez as Wisconsin’s head coach after the 2005 college football season. He was 42 when he coached his ...

I get it. I understand it,” Bielema said. “Everything seems to go back to 1990 or 2008 (Illinois rankings milestones). “I’m ...

Dan Mullen once coached in the SEC at the same time as Bret Bielema, and now Mullen is wondering if they could make a reunion work.

Simply put, Bielema is willing to weigh in. A rarity in a profession that’s not short on people happy to give nothing. No personality. No real answers. No insight.