Robinson Promises a Really Big Finish

Coach John Robinson appeared to have bounced back from the disappointment of Saturday’s double-overtime, 48-35 loss at Arizona State.

“We’re going to win our last five games, win one of the better bowl games, and finish 10-3,” he said.

He was asked if he had second-guessed himself for ordering quarterback Brad Otton to let the play clock run out on USC’s next-to-last play, ensuring USC’s first overtime game.

“If we had run a play, we’d have run it right at them,” Robinson said.

“The last thing we wanted was for them to have the ball at midfield with maybe two plays left. They had a good long field-goal kicker, and [quarterback Jake] Plummer had them really moving the ball.”

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Robinson saluted left guard Chris Brymer, saying he played “with great courage.” Brymer, in his first game in five weeks, played nearly the whole game with pain in his just-healed broken foot.