Time gets away from us all, and in the what-have-you-done-for-me-today world of college football, it moves even faster. The game is an ever-increasing grind, the coaching churn to be expected. Before you know it,

I don’t want to remember what Illinois football was like before Bret Bielema took over the program. On the same note, I also don’t want to forget the past. I be

Bielema's salary ranking among the Big Ten shows how much the league's schools must pay to keep the top coaches. USC's Lincoln Riley and Ohio State's Ryan Day lead the Big Ten with total pay of just more than $10 million, both in the top five nationally.

Bret Bielema, in his fourth season with the Illini, will now be considered for college football's most prestigious coaching award