Last season was the first for Bret Bielema as head coach at Illinois. The Illini finished the year 5-7, but there were plenty of positives in Bielema’s first year. After a 1-4 start, Illinois finished the year 4-3 in their last seven games including some big road wins at #7 Penn State and Minnesota. Offense…
It was another rough year for Illinois in 2020 as they finished with a 2-6 record in what was a Big Ten only season because of Covid-19. Lovie Smith is out as head coach and Bret Bielema is in. Bielema saw tremendous success as a head coach at Wisconsin from 2006-2012 before leaving Camp Randall…