The Daily Chronicle: Young Huskies learn from loss

“I think we played hard the first three games, not so much very smart all the time, but I thought we played hard and we’re continuing to get better,” Kill said. “Saturday (against Idaho), we got off to a good start, drove the ball down and scored.

“And then they hit us in the mouth a little bit and our young guys, I don’t think we handled it very well.”

ESPN (Chicago): Squandered chances

For Northern Illinois, Saturday's game presented an opportunity to put together another quality win and to start to develop a bowl résumé. The Huskies barely lost at Wisconsin and knocked off Purdue on the road. If they beat a solid Idaho team that hung around with Washington, people would begin to notice.