TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Pat Fitzgerald reached into Northwestern's bag of tricks one more time, hoping to pull out the perfect play to give his team a dramatic victory over Auburn in the Outback Bowl.

"I've had it in my back pocket for four years, and people tell me I'm too conservative. So I said, `What the heck. We're here to win, so let's go,'" Fitzgerald said after a version of the old fumblerooskie failed in overtime, leaving the Wildcats with a 38-35 loss on Friday.

"And I'd do it again," the 35-year-old coach said. "Next time I'd score, though, and we'd be celebrating." (MORE)