The 2024 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl was every shade of cheesy with all the drama that laced the event. Brent Bielema's infamous substitution taunt headlines the controversies that easily eclipsed ...

Even after Illinois' best season since 2001 wrapped up with a 21-17 win against South Carolina in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, 247 Sports' Brad Crawford ranked the Fighting Illini below the Gamecocks ...

The average attendance at the Nashville bowl game over the previous five seasons was 53,552. Attendance for the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl (South Carolina vs. Illinois at Camping World Stadium in ...

I was at the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl to watch Illinois, South Carolina and, of course, the antics of Ched-Z the Cheez-It. But even the mascot being launched through the uprights like a paper desktop ...

For the second consecutive year, the Navarro mascot Paws made an appearance alongside fellow mascots during the halftime show of the Cheez-it Citrus Bowl. Navarro sophomore Jake Schnautz ...

TOO CHEESY OR NO? — A couple recently got married at the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl and from the ceremony itself down to the afterparty, the celebration was entirely Cheez-It themed. Erin Doolin ...

losing to the Illinois Fighting Illini 21-17 in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl. Despite that, much of the success can be attributed to freshman quarterback LaNorris Sellers, who had a true breakout season.

Illinois football added another 2026 commit on Monday in the form of three-star defensive end Jacob Alexander.

The incident started when Bielema took exception to a T-bar gesture by a Gamecocks return man on a kickoff, with his Illinois team taking it to mean the returner was signaling for a fair catch.