Whatever respect Lane Kiffin built up last season for guiding the Trojans to a 10-2 record has been whittled away. Kiffin's antics during the season are head-scratching, making things often seem to be a lot harder than they need to be. The Trojans made a month's worth of mistakes in the Desert on Saturday afternoon. This team seems to flop any time it's faced with pressure, and that all goes back to the head coach.

Going into the season there was a lot of talk about a certain USC player potentially being the first pick in the draft. After two months of the season, it's clear the Trojans best player is sophomore WR Marqise Lee, not Matt Barkley. Despite the presence of Lee and Robert Woods, the senior QB has had such a shaky 2012 and more mistakes became his and the Trojans undoing in the desert. Barkley has now thrown eight INTs, one more than he had all of last season despite throwing almost 200 fewer passes. And USC still has zero wins over teams with winning records in 2012.