By Hale McGranahan.

Cole Stoudt wants to end this thing on the right note. Lately, there hasn’t been much good to speak of when he’s on the field at quarterback for Clemson.

In 12 games this season, Stoudt’s completed 165 of 266 passes (62 percent) for 1,573 yards with six touchdowns and 10 interception. Since passing for 282 yards and three touchdowns in the 34-20 win at Wake Forest, it’s gone down hill. Over the final three games, he had one touchdown and five picks.

“Sometimes a play doesn’t go right. I don’t really know how to explain it,” Stoudt said. “It’s just kind of have a feel for it sometimes. Sometimes it’s there, sometimes it’s not.”

With Deshaun Watson sidelined with ACL surgery, Stoudt looks forward to getting the opportunity to end his career on a good note as the starter against Oklahoma in the Russell Athletic Bowl.

“It’s very important, to kind of finish out the next few days here at Clemson, playing with this great team and being apart of this program the last few years,” Stoudt said. “Ain’t no better way then to go down to Orlando and finish it off right.”

That trip to Florida, he admitted, will be “weird” without Chad Morris, who’s back home in Texas as the head man at SMU.

“We know how to prepare and everything we learned from coach Morris. He’s gone, there really hasn’t been a drop off. We know what we’ve got to do and we’ve got great coaches here,” Stoudt said. “Coach (Jeff) Scott and (Tony) Elliott, they’re doing a great job of leading us and getting us a good game plan.

“Our new quarterback coach, coach (Brandon) Streeter, he’s doing a great job and he’s a fun guy to be around. That’s what we really need.”

A little time off was exactly what Stoudt needed, especially for his ailing left shoulder.

“It’s not really that big of a problem,” he said. “These past few weeks I’ve been resting a lot, not taking any hits on it. It’s the name of the game. There’s always injuries here and there. You’ve got to play through it and that’s what you’ve got to do.”