Bret Bielema and Atsushi Saijo met in 1994 in Iowa City, Iowa. At the time, Bielema was a graduate assistant for the Hawkeyes ...

Bret Bielema has known Atsushi Saijo for more than 30 years, with the veteran football coach from Japan stopping by Champaign ...

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema talks to the media after Monday's spring workout. College Football Reporter/Columnist ...

My grasp of Japanese is limited to a couple phrases: "Let's go" and "my knee hurts." Illinois football coach Bret Bielema knows some others: Ichiban, sake and Sapporo. "Back in my younger years, we'd ...

In doing so, Illinois maintained several key pieces, including offensive lineman J.C. Davis, who told select Champaign media ...

Over Christmas Bret Bielema flew to California to try and convince offensive lineman J.C. Davis to come back to Illinois for ...

Monday night, Illini football hosted members of the Osaka University football team to watch practice and see the facilities.

Illinois is coming off a 10-win campaign, which has juiced up recruiting and made it likely the Illini will be pre-season ...

On Thursday, Illinois nose tackle TeRah Edwards was denied a waiver of eligibility for the 2025 college football season. He ...

A tight end from Downers Groves North could be an Illini in 2026.Junior Will Vala was offered a scholarship by head coach ...

The Illinois Fighting Illini are fresh off their best season ... last Friday that he was blindsided by a visit from coach Bret Bielema inquiring about returning for one last season.

College coaches are only allowed 15 spring practices, but Illini head coach Bret Bielema used one of them to allow the mothers, aunts, grandmothers or sisters to participate in Saturday's "light ...