Bret Bielema solved Illinois’ offensive line problem

When I started researching for this column, I was going for a completely different article.

On The Champaign Room, the nostalgia had been working wonders on views, readsers, and time spent on the site. So, with Bielema being of a offensive linemen stature and his love of winning the football game in the trenches, I was going to do a two-part column reviewing the best offensive and defensive lines Illinois has ever had and a column comparing the 2023 lines to the best of the past.

But then I was reminded of this statement made by Bielema two seasons ago:

The media was all up in arms about this statement, which Bielema never backed…