South Carolina coach Shane Beamer and Illinois coach Bret Bielema see eye-to-eye on some things regarding their Citrus Bowl dustup but not others.

Illinois football head coach Bret Bielema skewers former Michigan HC Jim Harbaugh after an old soundbite resurfaces

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Despite winning its first bowl game in over a decade, the first time under soon-to-be fifth-year coach Bret Bielema, CBS Sports analyst Josh Pate failed to include Illinois in his "unofficial" final poll to put a bow on the 2024-25 college football season.

South Carolina Republicans slammed the Biden administration's border policies after an alleged bomb hoax by an illegal immigrant from Jordan shut a highway down for hours.

The female rhesus macaques staged an escape from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in South Carolina last year.

South Carolina football loses a top-100 recruit in the 2026 class, forcing HC Shane Beamer to explore other options

South Carolina coach Shane Beamer is getting a $1.5 million raise after the Gamecocks won their final six regular-season games.

Illinois coach Bret Bielema and his staff land a big in-state commitment from edge rusher Jacob Alexander. He talks about his decision.

One of those teams is the South Carolina Gamecocks. They finished the 2024 season with a record of 9-4, their highest number of wins since 2017. South Carolina was among the first teams left out of the College Football Playoff, finishing ranked No. 15 in the final CFP standings.

Army at Colgate, 6 p.m. George Washington at UMass, 6 p.m. La Salle at St. Bonaventure, 6 p.m. Maryland at Penn St., 6 p.m. Rhode Island at Fordham, 6:30 p.m. Bucknell at Loyola (Md.), 7 p.m. Butler at Seton Hall, 7 p.m.

Holy Cross at Boston U., 7 p.m. Towson at Northeastern, 9 p.m. Bethune-Cookman at Alcorn St., 6 p.m. Southern Miss. at Troy, 6 p.m. Houston Christian at SE Louisiana, 7 p.m.