After No. 22 Illinois football secured its eighth victory against Rutgers, the team looks toward its final game against ...

So many boxes. So many check marks. Thanks to Illinois stars Pat Bryant and Luke Altmyer. The dynamic duo hooked up for an improbable late-game 40-yard ...

Thanks, Lovie! Who knows where this 2024 Illini football team would be if Floridian Pat Bryant hadn't hooked on with then-coach Lovie Smith a few days before Bret Bielema was announced ... all this ...

Trips to New Jersey have gone fairly well for Illinois in the last several years. As in three straight wins against Rutgers. Those wins, though, were in the Lovie Smith era. Now it's Bret Bielema's ...

I remember the first time Illinois played at Rutgers like it was last week. Actually it was 18 years ago. In his second season, Ron Zook took his team to Piscataway for a matchup against the Scarlet ...

Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or asmussen ...

Illini head football coach Bret Bielema had some choice words for the media after one of his players was snubbed during award ...