Penn State and Illinois had two completely different Week 4 experiences.

There are a lot of things more important than football. Friday night, football was a brief escape from tragedy for Illinois ...

Illinois wide receiver Pat Bryant is finally getting his big break. Thus far, he has helped lead his team to a 4-0 start and ...

First 4-0 start since 2011 has Illinois in sweet spot going into Saturday night's Top 20 showdown at Penn State ...

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With last Friday’s victory, Bielema improved to 22-19 as head coach. He’s the first Illini head coach to start .500 or better ...

Bring on Penn State. Immediately. And Oregon. Might as well schedule a game at Georgia too. Bret Bielema's Illinois football team did more than handle a sellout crowd (No. 400 in a row) at the other ...

It should have been a great night for Nebraska to nab back-to-back wins against  Bret Bielema. The Cornhuskers had their ...

Michigan football needed change and it needed it fast. After starting the season following the national championship with a ...

Friday night's celebration started as soon as Nebraska quarterback Dylan Raiola hit the turf on Illinois linebacker Dylan ...

Illinois football is coming off a big road win last week to open Big 10 conference play to improve to 4-0 on the season.

Following are the highlights of James Franklin’s Monday press conference: Saturday’s game: vs. Illinois (7:30 p.m., NBC) Records: Penn State (3-0), Illinois (4-0) Odds: Penn State is a 17.5-point ...