College Football · The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
For Bielema, the more CFP teams, the merrier
Published by The News-Gazette, Champaign-Urbana, Ill. on November 10, 2026 at 10:48 AM ET
Nov. 10—CHAMPAIGN — Back in Bret Bielema's days at Iowa, the be-all and end-all for a Big Ten player was a game at the Rose Bowl. Fast forward 30-plus years later and that's where Bielema is taking his Illinois football team for Friday's matchup against No. 4 UCLA (8 p.m. on Fox). Of course, when Bielema was a Hawkeye, the only way to reach the Rose Bowl was to win the Big Ten. And the only ...
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