This time, all John Robinson got from the Monday Morning Quarterbacks Club was respectful applause. How far wrong things have gone since the week after the USC-Notre Dame game in 1996, when Robinson’s speech at the Monday luncheon was greeted by a standing ovation. This week, before another USC-Notre Dame game, there was no such enthusiasm and no question-and-answer session. Because the only question remaining is “when?” Not IF athletic director Mike Garrett should force Robinson to take the fall for the collapse of a once-great football program. WHEN. . . . The only decision Garrett must make now is when to declare the second John Robinson era over. Maybe it doesn’t have to happen before the end of the season. But it has to happen. If Garrett can’t get it done, maybe he should be the first to go.
