While the Illinois football team continues to see success on the field, there is another team in the south that isn’t seeing the same results.
Since Bret Bielema took over the Illini in late 2020, the program has had an arrow upward. That success didn’t come easy, though. There were definitely some growing pains, but one thing Bielema hasn’t done is get in the way of the progression of the program or his players.
The same can’t be said for one of the best coaches in the history of football.