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Bret Bielema’s sneakers come from 217 Custom Kicks, a Champaign middle school principal who regularly makes designs for the Illini.

Bret Bielema says the traveling Illini contingent flew here to Las Vegas in Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shad Khan’s private plane. Khan is an Illinois alum.

Illini coach Bret Bielema is asked what he liked about last season. He mentions beating South Carolina, whom everyone felt was a Playoff team, including him, which made beating the Gamecocks even more validating.

Asked about Greg Sankey producing docs for media in the spring touting the SEC as the nation’s best conference, B1G commissioner Tony Petitti says, in part: “I don’t think there’s any value in talking about one vs. the other. We feel really strongly about what we do in the Big…

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti: “8-4 is a winning percentage, if you project that winning percentage in every other sport, I’m pretty sure they make the postseason.”

Asked about his letter supporting Michigan in its fight against the NCAA, Tony Petitti confirms he wrote it but doesn’t want to comment further on an ongoing process. He adds that the CSC in place will hopefully expedite enforcement in the future. “It’s difficult to still be…

Tony Petitti asked about public pushback to some conferences potentially having more automatic bids than others. He takes issue with that narrative and says he’s unaware of that pushback, adding that he thinks fans will take strongly to a system with more do-or-die games.

Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti asked if it’s a must that power conferences play the same number of league games: “What are we doing to get the selection process right?” Says two things go hand-in-hand: conference games and the work the committee must do.

News (sort of): Nebraska won last year’s Big Ten Abbott blood drive

The Big Ten has announced its preseason honorees. Jeremiah Smith was the only unanimous selection. Full list: 🔶 Illinois QB Luke Altmyer 🔶 Illinois OLB Gabe Jacas 🔴 Indiana DL Mikail Kamara 🔴 Indiana DB D’Angelo Ponds ⚫️ Iowa OT Gennings Dunker ⚫️ Iowa C Logan Jones 🚣…

Greetings from Sin City, where Big Ten commissioner will kick off media days at 11 PT today. On the conference’s biggest storylines across the next three days insidezonemf.com/p/were-off-to-…

Former BYU QB Jake Retzlaff is indeed Tulane-bound per source, as ESPN first reported. Retzlaff led the Cougars to an 11-2 record last season but was facing a 7-game suspension for violating the school’s honor code. The Green Wave already had four transfer QBs on the roster,…

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Texas (96 votes) is the overwhelming favorite to win the SEC, with Georgia (44), Alabama (29) and LSU (20) following the Longhorns. A total of 11 different schools received at least one first-place vote, with Vanderbilt receiving more votes than Tennessee:

This was a fun conversation that hit on Notre Dame fandom, grinding to become a pro athlete and getting a new life perspective. Thanks for @TreyMancini for coming on the show.

🚨 NEW POD 🚨 @TreyMancini joins The Independent to talk about living through Notre Dame football as a fan, his MLB journey, his personal story and much more. SUBSCRIBE ⬇️ 🍎 Apple: apple.co/3qCY5Yu 🎧 Spotify: spoti.fi/45BMhEU 📺 YouTube: bit.ly/3Rruw7e