After the game, Emmanwori said he chose to sit out the second half but noted that he told his “coach.” What seemed clear was if he did tell a coach, that guy wasn’t South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer — who looked to be seething when asked after the game why Emmanwori didn’t play the second half.

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.

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.

Illinois will have to prove the doubters wrong again next season after coach Bret Bielema improved his previous year's win total by five games this season, resulting in a bowl victory.

After a record-breaking Gulf Coast storm, cities like New Orleans and Pensacola, Florida, have had more snow this winter than Omaha, Des Moines and New York.

The South Carolina wide receiver rose to national prominence last year, in large part because of what he did off the football field. While running track for USC, Harbor was sensational — a 6-foot-5, 235-pounder who ran the 100m in just over 10 seconds and was so dominant in the 200m that he qualified for the Olympic Trials.

Delaware, Iowa, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin earned the Pinnacle Award, the highest honor a state Farm Bureau can be awarded for program and membership achievement. The following state Farm Bureaus earned New Horizon Awards, which honor the most innovative new state Farm Bureau programs:

Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or [email protected]. My ballot was one of the three listing Illinois at No, 12, joined by Adam Zucker of CBS and Sean Reider of the Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal.

In a matchup of two top-five teams, Dawn Staley and South Carolina suffocated LSU in front of a raucous home crowd.

South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis has recognized Berkeley County School District’s Nathaniel Gilmore of Goose Creek High School as the South Carolina Financial Literacy Master Teacher Program’s E

Illinois coach Bret Bielema celebrates after his team beat South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl. What that victory meant to the team in The AP poll will be announced Tuesday morning. Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or [email protected].