Yahoo Sports: Postmortem: Matt Barkley vs. the Sophomore Slump
A season in review. Today: Matt Barkley's second season at the helm at USC. • The Expectation. Barkley had a weird freshman year in 2009: From mega-hyped recruit to surprise starter to toast of the punditocracy after leading USC's offense on the game-winning drive at Ohio State in his second start to absurdly premature Heisman candidate after a 380-yard barrage at Notre Dame – and then back to being just another overwhelmed freshman quarterback as the Trojan offense bit the dust down the stretch, finishing with fewer yards and points per game than any USC offense since Pete Carroll's first ...