Bret Bielema

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567 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 12 Jun

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Pardon My Take · Knicks With The Greatest Comeback Ever, Spencer Hawes Talking Game 5, Illini Head Coach Bret Bielema In Studio, Preseason Mt Rushmore With Hank's Dad + Fyre Fest of The week · 12 Jun 2026 podcast

It was awesome.

I think perspective is everything, right?

And I'm sitting here as a 56-year-old dude, and I know what I've learned in my 55 years on this earth, right?

And the year 56 is based off of what I've learned.

And I remember I was at Wisconsin.

We were going back, if you remember, when they were dividing the teams into leaders and legends.

So we're sitting in a Big Ten meeting, and I'm pissed because a 25-year study showed that the two winningest teams in the Big Ten at that point was Ohio State and Wisconsin.

But all they want to do is align Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, and Nebraska.

And I'm pissed.

And Alvy grabbed me and he's like, dude, don't worry about it.

You can't change 50 years of living.

You can't change 50 years of history or 100 years of history.

Those are the four teams that have won national championships.

Everybody thinks they're the teams.

Even though we've won more than everybody else, you can't change people's opinions.

I think that carries into where we are today.

It's hard for people, even for me at Illinois, two of the most successful years in Illinois football history, right?

We played Michigan two years ago, beat them on our turf, two ranked teams.

It was a 100-year anniversary game.

It's hard for people to grasp that that happened.

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