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, ...

South Carolina football wanted to send its seniors off with historic win No. 10 but instead, the Gamecocks fell to Illinois ...

At a watch party at Joes on Weed Street fans popped champagne Tuesday as they watched the Fighting Illini clinch their first ...

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

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 ...

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

"To get 10 wins for us, to be the fifth team in program history, is something very, very special," Bielema said. "I'm excited ...

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Shane Beamer and Bret Bielema shake hands after Illinois beats South Carolina in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. Quint Kessenich ...

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

Illinois' 21-17 win over South Carolina in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Tuesday became surprisingly heated, and at times left ...