The Cheez-It Citrus Bowl matchup between the Illinois Fighting Illini and the South Carolina Gamecocks took a surprising turn when head coaches Bret Bielema and Shane Beamer almost had an altercation.

An Illinois football player was down near the South Carolina sideline at one point in the second half and Bret Bielema went ...

Illinois' 21-17 win over South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl -- a historic marker for the Fighting Illini, who for the first ...

Shane Beamer and Bret Bielema stole the spotlight from their ... breaking an "unwritten philosophy in coaching" that could have confused his players and caused them to stop running.

Beamer saw Bielema’s taunt and started charging forward screaming and pointing at the Illinois head coach. A number of ...

The tense confrontation between the Illinois and South Carolina head coaches left everyone talking about more than just ...

On Tuesday night Illinois coach Bret Bielema refused to answer a question about South Carolina coach Shane Beamer following a hotly contested Citus Bowl. "It was a good football game," Bielema ...

Illinois prevailed over South Carolina, 21-17, in the most heated Cheez-It Citrus Bowl that has ever been contested following an altercation between head coaches Bret Bielema and Shane Beamer ...

Bret Bielema is the head coach of the Illinois Fighting Illini, as of 2024. Bielema has held his position since 2021. During his prep career, he played as a tight end and linebacker in high school.

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema met with the media following the Fighting Illini's 21-17 victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Citrus Bowl. Here is the full transcript of what the ...

Tensions rose to inferno level during Tuesday’s Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, a midgame feud between South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer and Illinois head coach Bret Bielema nearly boiling over.