Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or [email protected].

Illinois beat South Carolina 21-17 win in the 2024 Citrus Bowl to earn its first bowl win in over a decade and first New Year ...

Beamer's anger likely stemmed from a tit-for-tat battle between the two coaches, each of whom were sending in late substitutions all game long. And Bielema's laughter occurred shortly after the heated ...

Emotions ran high in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl between South Carolina and Illinois on Tuesday. Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer ...

Multiple SEC teams that narrowly missed the cut for the College Football Playoff suffered losses in their respective bowl games on Tuesday. First, ...

Beamer Ball is taking on a whole new meaning at South Carolina, where Shane Beamer has the Gamecocks thinking big in 2025.

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

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

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema met with the media following his team's 21-17 victory against South Carolina in the ...

That was it — Illinois had a 10-win football team for the first time since 2001, a bowl win for the first time since 2011 and ...

South Carolina coach Shane Beamer expressed frustration with Citrus Bowl officiating during a second-quarter interview with ...

The South Carolina football team fell to Illinois on Tuesday in the Citrus Bowl by a final score of 21-17. The Gamecocks ...