South Carolina head football coach Shane Beamer shared the response some SEC fans had to the Bret Bielema incident at the Citrus Bowl.

Despite winning its first bowl game in over a decade, the first time under soon-to-be fifth-year coach Bret Bielema, CBS Sports analyst Josh Pate failed to include Illinois in his "unofficial" final poll to put a bow on the 2024-25 college football season.

Illinois won 10 games in 2024 including the Citrus Bowl. Here is how the Illini and coach Bret Bielema ranked in the final coaches and AP polls.

South Carolina Republicans slammed the Biden administration's border policies after an alleged bomb hoax by an illegal immigrant from Jordan shut a highway down for hours.

Greetings from "Can't Wait For Saturday," your morning morsel of college football, courtesy of longtime Illini beat writer, AP Top 25 voter and Heisman state rep Bob Asmussen. He'll give you his views each day on the game he loves.

The Illinois football team will have a target on our backs come the 2025 campaign. With the success of the football field comes expectations. The Illini is comi

The Illinois football program finished the season ranked #16 in the final AP Top 25 released Tuesday. The Fighting Illini beat #14 South Carolina in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl to secure the program's highest AP Top 25 finish since 2001 (#12).

Illinois coach Bret Bielema celebrates after his team beat South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl. What that victory meant to the team in The AP poll will be announced Tuesday morning. Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or [email protected].

The Palmetto State has officially become the go-to destination for Americans packing up and starting fresh, according to a new study from U-Haul that analyzes data from 2024. South Carolina climbed to the top spot on the moving company’s annual ranking, knocking Texas to second place after the Lone Star State’s three-year reign.

In the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl between South Carolina and Illinois, Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer felt pretty good about where his team sat at halftime. The game was well under control at the time, and though there had been some iffy red-zone work, there was nothing to suggest panic was in order.

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Southern Illinois takes on the Murray State Racers after Kennard Davis scored 24 points in Southern Illinois' 73-49 win against the Northern Iowa Panthers.