From preseason picks, through the regular season — all the way to the postgame Cheez-It dump — here is every story the Journal Star wrote about the Illini football team in 2024: The Illini ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Fighting Illini are Cheez-It Citrus Bowl champions. For the first time since 2011, the Orange and Blue have secured a bowl victory, with No. 20 Illinois taking down No. 15 South ...

The Illini boasted one of the youngest rosters in all of the Football Bowl Subdivision this year with only 14 players in the final season of eligibility — and it still finished as one of the ...

Bret Bielema is the head coach of the Illinois Fighting Illini football team. He was appointed as the 26th head coach in December 2020. In his first year, the team achieved a 5-7 record in 2021 ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois football team is in Orlando to play South Carolina in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. The WAND Sports team chatted 1-on-1 with Illini Head Coach Bret Bielema and ...

Orlando, Fl. – South Carolina football faced Illinois in the Cheez-it Citrus Bowl on Tuesday afternoon at Camping World Stadium. The Gamecocks came up short falling to the Illini 21-17, to end the ...

The itinerary includes two days of travel each direction and two days of supporting the Illini football team down in Orlando. On Dec. 30, Houser said the band will participate in the Citrus Bowl ...

is set to make his second NFL start in place of Kirk Cousins. Penix and Daniels will be the first rookie quarterbacks drafted in the first round to face off in prime time. The Falcons have revealed ...

He will have one season of eligibility with the Illini. Latest portal news, updates:Illini football winter transfer tracker 2024 "Thompson is a huge addition for the Illini ... (he) is a long and ...