NCAA Denies Alec Bryant Immediate Eligibility Transfer Waiver From Virginia Tech
Illinois athletics officials confirmed Monday afternoon that the immediately […]
NCAA Denies Alec Bryant Immediate Eligibility Transfer Waiver From Virginia Tech
Illinois athletics officials confirmed Monday afternoon that the immediately […]
Recruiting: 2022 4-Star DL Selah Brown Includes Illini in Top 3
Selah Brown, one of the top uncommitted pass rushing targets in the 2022 recruiting class, has included Illinois in his final three choices.
Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer
October 17, 2021
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Selah Brown still has Illinois on his mind when it comes to his college recruitment.
Matt Stevens Top 25 Ballot - Two Programs With Illini Wins Enter Rankings
IlliniGuys.com football beat writer/analyst Matt Stevens does not have an Associated Press Top 25 ballot this season but if he did, this is how he'd fill it out.
Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer
October 17, 2021
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- As we enter the second week of October, the main problem for anybody filling out a Top 25 ballot is what to do with Alabama.
Illini Football Recruiting Spotlight - Illini Open Week Recruiting Update
Bret Bielema and his Illinois coaching staff have used its first open week of the 2021 season to get on the road to evaluate and recruit prospects.
Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer
October 17, 2021
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Bret Bielema’s staff have used practically every single day of its first open week of the 2021 season to physically see the verbal commitments to Illinois and future Illini targets.
Mike Cagley's Heat Checks and Hail Mary's - Around the Sporting World
Mike Cagley October 17, 2021 With a bye week […]
Illinois Football Recruiting Spotlight - Joey Okla/Derek Jensen - Arrowhead HS - Wisconsin
2022 Illinois verbal commitment Joey Okla has been valuable in his unwavering loyalty to Bret Bielema’s rebuilding project and an active recruiter to future classes.
Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer
October 16, 2021
HARTLAND, Wis. -- In a strangely emotional Friday night rivalry win, the past, present and future for Joey Okla all came to the forefront.
Freshmen Likely To See Playing Time In Final Five Regular Season Games
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Before the start of the 2018 season, Division I college football coaches were put in the uncomfortable position of either playing freshmen before they were physically, mentally and emotionally ready or having them sit an entire year and hope they didn’t get frustrated enough to transfer.
Enter the NCAA’s Division I Council’s four-game limit rule. Now, coaching staffs, such as Illinois under first-year head coach Bret Bielema, have four games of leeway to evaluate a first-year player before ending the possibility of counting his season as a redshirt and giving him four more years of eligibility.
With Illinois already seven games into this 2021 campaign, Bielema’s staff will likely try to find evaluation spots for certain freshmen on the roster that are teetering between the developmental portion and the travel portion of the Illini roster.
Decisions Looming On Freshmen For Bielema’s Illini Coaching Staff
Decisions need to be made on several young players on this 2021 roster before this coaching staff gets a chance to make evaluations.
Even with a four-game window before canceling a possible redshirt season, Illinois first-year head coach Bret Bielema knows he can’t attempt to rush the development of young talent at the risk of stunting their growth and confidence.
“It’s little things with each guy, to be quite honest,” Bielema said. “Sometimes you can tell by their body language they just feel really confident, feel really good and you see them do things repeatedly during practice you’re like, ‘OK, this might become gameday reality.’”
Illini Film Review: Art Sitkowski’s First Dirty Dozen Incompletions
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Expect Some Changes in Bielema’s Illini After This Embarrassing Loss
Illinois head coach Bret Bielema said after the 24-0 loss to Wisconsin that the entire roster needs to be evaluated heading into this open week.
Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer
October 11, 2021
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Don’t expect much to be the same regarding Bret Bielema’s football program at the University of Illinois following this new debacle.
Matt Stevens Top 25 Ballot: We Have A New Number One
IlliniGuys.com football beat writer/analyst Matt Stevens does not have […]
Mike Cagley's Heat Checks and Hail Marys - Finding Out Where the Illinois Football Program Is
Mike Cagley October 10, 2021 The beginning of Wisconsin […]
Not a Passing Grade: Illini QB Play Lacking in 24-0 Blowout Loss
Illinois passing offense had its worst afternoon in several years in a humbling, lopsided loss to Bret Bielema’s former employer, Wisconsin on Saturday.
Matt Stevens, IlliniGuys Staff Writer
October 10, 2021
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A completed forward pass normally takes a trio of basic concepts: protection, an accurate throw and a catch. Following the 24-0 loss to Wisconsin Saturday, Illinois head coach Bret Bielema admitted his team isn’t very proficient in any of those three.
Illini dominated in Homecoming game, 24-0 by the Badgers
By IlliniGuys.com Staff October 9, 2021 CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- […]
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