Illinois head coach Bret Bielema is an obstacle that the Gophers have never been able to overcome. He returned to the Big Ten as head coach of Illinois in 2021, having previously dominated ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema was measured in his criticism of his team in the wake of its 25-17 loss to Minnesota on Saturday in Champaign. He didn't mince his words so much for the officials.

Bret Bielema said getting win #7 while its fun to get is also the expectation they have every year.

Minnesota held their lead late in the second quarter, but a sequence late in the first half had Illini coach Bret Bielema in shambles. Outside of a 42-yard run from Josh McCray to tie the game at ...

Coach Bret Bielema is taking Illinois to unforeseen heights. The once-storied-turned-fledgling program needed a boost of morale after Lovie Smith was fired following a disastrous stint ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema will carry around some regrets about the Gophers loss, especially after his team took a 17-16 lead on a touchdown with 9:03 to play before being outscored ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema will strive to maintain his stranglehold over Minnesota when the No. 24 Fighting Illini host the Golden Gophers on Saturday in Champaign, Ill. Bielema is 10-0 in his ...

few were quite as pointed as Illinois coach Bret Bielema, who slammed the Wolverines’ alleged misdeeds in the kind of plain, biting language that few other active coaches did. In the first game ...

EUGENE — No. 1 Oregon defeated No. 20 Illinois 38-9 Saturday at Autzen Stadium. Bret Bielema recapped the loss for Illinois (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten), which hosts Minnesota next week. Below is a ...

For the first time in ten games the Minnesota Gophers have defeated Head Coach Bret Bielema. With a 25-17 victory over 24th ranked Illinois, the Gophers improved to 6-3 on the season and now they ...