Since we've already ranked every team in the Big Ten for 2025, ranked every quarterback (including recent UCLA transfer Nico ...

Illini football is back with new, yet old, and improved helmets. This past Sunday, University of Illinois Athletics revealed the six different helmets that will be worn at Memorial Stadium for the ...

CHAMPAIGN — Illinois football kicks off ... equipped with coach-to-player helmet communication, though they hope to get three more soon. On offense, the Illini quarterbacks will be connected ...

CHAMPAIGN (WCIA) — One of the major changes coming to FBS college football this season is the institution of the helmet communication system allowing coaches to speak directly with select players.

Aaron Henry is in his second season as the Illini defensive coordinator. College/Prep Sports Reporter Aaron Henry is in his second season as the Illini defensive coordinator. CHAMPAIGN ...

On New Year’s Eve, when Illinois takes the field in sunny Orlando, Florida, to face South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl (2 p.m. CT, on ESPN), it will be a day of firsts for Illini football.

Illinois football will wear special helmets on Saturday for its annual Military Appreciation Game. The No. 24 Fighting Illini (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten) host Minnesota on Saturday, and their helmets will ...

The idea: Celebrate bygone but beloved eras of Illinois football and the upcoming ... the Fighting Illini wore versions of the four-star helmets from 1962-68. Players' numbers were featured ...

with the hand-painted helmets, jerseys and pants all designed to mirror the attire worn by Grange and the Fighting Illini football teams that represented the university during the early years of ...

According to the team, the throwback helmets were hand-painted to "match ... 1924, the Fighting Illini football site says, "100 years and one day prior to this season's rededication — when ...

We began that initiative by ranking the Big Ten's 18 helmets from worst to first this week. Now, we're applying the same lens ...