“We have to finish the deal,” Eck said. “It will be a lot better feeling going into Selection Sunday, getting that eighth win, (then) I think we’re for sure in. I don’t want to be on the bubble; I don’t want to be hoping your name pops up, like it was last year. It’s a lot better feeling, trying to figure out where you’re going, or if you’re at home.”
“How many top-25 teams lost? I think it was nine of 25,” Idaho coach Jason Eck said earlier this week, in his weekly meeting with area media. “We just have to worry about getting better. We’re positioned well with where we’re at right now, in the nation and the scheme of things. But we have to take advantage of that."