The Champaign Room · Dec 30, 2022
The ReliaQuest Bowl ends a chapter, not a book
Photo by Dan Sanger/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe Book of Bielema has been an intriguing mix of the classics in 2022.
The no-nonsense style of play employed by the Illinois defense-first philosophy hits you in the throat like a Beat Generation masterpiece.
The defense itself, led in part by Devon Witherspoon, Quan Martin, Gabe Jacas, Calvin Avery, Taz Nicholson, Johnny Newton, Tarique Barnes, and Seth Coleman…well, they bring the Dixie heat like a Faulkner epic.