It's familiar territory for veteran coach Bret Bielema ... I know that," Bielema told CBS Sports this week. "I've finally come home." The Silvis, Illinois, native has led the Illini back into ...

Bielema was yet another coach that had nothing but praise for Oregon's third-year coach during his weekly press conference. The former Wisconsin and Arkansas coach said he met Lanning a few years ...

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.

Illinois head coach Bret Bielema didn't mince words after his ... Illinois closes the Big Ten season like this: at home vs. Michigan State, at Rutgers, and concluding with a neutral site game ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Bret Bielema was pained ... going to do everything we can to bring home that Cannon and wish him all the luck in the other 11 games.” Bielema has always had high praise for ...

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 ...

23 Illinois (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten) is off to its best start in the Bret ... games at home. Its lone road trip in that stretch is an October 26 game against Oregon in Eugene. According to Bielema ...

"A guy that really gets rid of the ball, he's been at a couple different spots, but he's learned along the way and has made Oregon his home," Bielema said. "When you've got a quarterback in that ...