What Happened With USC at Oregon State??

The USC team that went into Reser Stadium at Oregon State frankly stunk up the place.  When I saw USC destroy Virginia in game one, they looked like they were in mid-season form.  Then I saw them throttle the Buckeyes and it looked like they were in late season form.  I realize everyone can have a bad game, but USC had no business, even on a bad game, losing to Stanford last year.  And it had no business losing to Oregon State tonight. Oregon State was beaten convincingly by Stanford and absolutely smashed by Penn State.  The only game they had won was against lowly Hawaii. So what has happened to the Trojans?  This isn't an article where I am pretending to shed some great insight.  I really don't know.  But I have a few observations and theories so I'm going to throw them out here. While USC's defense stunk in the first half, they adjusted at halftime and held Oregon State scoreless until the offense threw an interception allowing Oregon State to start ... (link)