This is the guy I thought Nebraska should have hired instead of Frost. Bielema will turn them into Big Ten West contenders instantly. One of the best coaches in the world.
Rumor: Illini targeting Brett Bielema
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If I recall correctly, Solich was down to Bo Pelini and Bielema for defensive coordinator in 2003. Imagine if Bielema had been hired instead. And then been head coach instead of Pelini. What a weird alternative universe that would be. Personally, I think Bielema is a giant sack of pus but he has been more successful than Pelini as a head coach.
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His team would physically push around Nebraska within 1 season. Don’t mistake his Arkansas failure with being a bad coach. It would take a miracle for any Arkansas coach to compete for a title in the SEC.
He played at Iowa,GA at Iowa, asst coach at Iowa, asst at KState, asst at Wisc, HC at wisky, HC at Ark, NE analyst. He dated Hayden Frys daughter . All true
Illinois already pushes Nebraska around. Why would they need Bielema for that. They screwed the pooch by letting Lovie go. Stupid.
Lovie is by FAR a better coach than Bielema. Something tells me that the rumor of Bielema to Illinois is a diversion. It has to be.
I think it’s someone the OP what rather have at Nebraska and he is the rumor starter..
I think they need to think young and hope they give the guy enough time for the OSU to run its cycle. I'm not sure what the expectations are at Illinois but IMO they need to hire a young guy who can recruit then give him time to build a winner. It's going to be damned tough for them no matter who they hire. Pray they don't hire Malzhan.
per Yahoo Sports
Sean Lewis, Kent State
Lance Leipold, Buffalo
Bret Bielema, New York Giants assistant
Jeff Monken, Army
Clark Lea, Notre Dame DC
Troy Calhoun, Air Force
Jim Leonhard, Wisconsin DC
Jason Candle, Toledo
Jay Norvell, Nevada
Matt Entz, North Dakota State
Willie Fritz, Tulane
Joe Moorhead, Oregon OC
Sean Lewis, Kent State
Lance Leipold, Buffalo
Bret Bielema, New York Giants assistant
Jeff Monken, Army
Clark Lea, Notre Dame DC
Troy Calhoun, Air Force
Jim Leonhard, Wisconsin DC
Jason Candle, Toledo
Jay Norvell, Nevada
Matt Entz, North Dakota State
Willie Fritz, Tulane
Joe Moorhead, Oregon OC
Pretty meh list. I’m personally a pretty big fan of Willie Fritz. So I hope they don’t get him.
Lol. Wtf is everyone talking about? Outside of drilling Nebraska this year, Lovie has been an abomination at Illinois for 5 years. Dude was only 2 games over .500 in the NFL. Bielema experienced success at Wisconsin. Winning record all 7 seasons and even while failing at Arkansas he had a winning record 3 of 5 years.
Lovie’s beard and a fortunate Super Bowl run warped folks minds. Everybody’s just bitter that fat Bret ran us over and told us about it repeatedly.
Won nothing. Did better than most but won nothing. Petrino was their best shot but he was too busy banging coeds to get over the hump.
Idiot. Bielema won 3 Big 10 titles/Rose Bowl appearances while in Madison. Lovie I don't think ever knew what a winning season was at Illinois except for one year.