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Bret Bielema says Illinois will not be wearing one uniform combination this season
By Nick Schultz
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If you’re an Illinois fan and like the gray ghost uniform combination, you might want to look away.
Illini coach Bret Bielema said his team won’t wear that uniform this season. He added that orange helmets will be a regular thing, though. If that’s the case, is he bringing back the Illinois underline, too?
Orange helmets will be an identity and a constant moving forward.
— Jeremy Werner (@JWerner247) October 4, 2021
Illinois will welcome Wisconsin to Champaign this weekend, and Bielema said the uniform combination for that game will be revealed later this week.
It’s a big game for Bielema, who’ll be facing the team he coached from 2006-12. Illinois is coming off a 24-14 win over Charlotte behind Chase Brown’s huge day on the ground. The redshirt junior ran for 257 yards — the 4th most in a game in Illini history — and 2 touchdowns to lead the charge.
They were wearing orange helmets and navy blue jerseys for that game, just in case you were wondering.
Nick Schultz is a columnist and breaking news writer for Saturday Tradition. A 2020 graduate of Loyola Chicago, he covered the Ramblers' 2018 Final Four run from beginning to end and has worked at NBC Sports Chicago. Follow Nick on Twitter @NickSchultz_7.