(AP) — Josh McCray scored his second touchdown of the game on a 9-yard run midway through the fourth quarter to give No. 21 Illinois the lead and the Illini held on to beat No. 14 South Carolina ...

The college football bowl season heats up with the fiercely competitive Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, featuring a high-stakes matchup between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Illinois Fighting ...

Illinois is no stranger to late heroics. The Illini entered Tuesday’s Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, leading the nation with four fourth-quarter comebacks. Once again, things would come down to the final ...

Illinois football meets South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl today in Orlando, Florida. Each team will be without some top playmakers via opt-out or injury. We will update when the official ...

Despite winning its first bowl game in over a decade, the first time under soon-to-be fifth-year coach Bret Bielema, CBS ...

This is the fourth time South Carolina has played in the Citrus Bowl and the first since the 2013 season when quarterback Connor Shaw led the Gamecocks past Wisconsin, 34-24. USC is 2-1 ...

ORLANDO, Fla — South Carolina football is eyeing a seventh straight win. The No. 14 Gamecocks (9-3) face Illinois in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl on Tuesday (3 p.m. ET, ABC) at Camping World ...

This year’s Citrus Bowl sees the No. 20 Illinois Fighting Illini up against the No. 15 South Carolina Gamecocks. The Gamecocks are looking to extend a hot streak that started six games ago ...

3 Previous appearances in the Citrus Bowl for South Carolina. The Gamecocks lost to Miami (Ohio) 20-7 on Dec. 20, 1975, and defeated Nebraska 30-13 on Jan. 2, 2012, and Wisconsin 34-24 on Jan.

Much has been made already of the flare-up in the Cheez-It Bowl between South Carolina coach Shane Beamer and Illinois coach ...