Article By Patrick Hamblin on 7th December, 2009
How did it get to this point?
How did a program, heralded as recently as early this season as possible the nation's greatest program, fall to the middle of the Pac-10?
Is it the inexperienced defense? The obsession of head coach Pete Carroll to start true freshman Matt Barkley? The rest of the conference closing the talent gap? The turnover in the coaching staff?
All of these answers have been put forth to rationalize the sudden mediocrity of the Trojans.
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