If you're a glutton for punishment, the web abounds with praise for Barkley and plenty of blame to go around for the Buckeyes:
- Pryor: I Take the Whole Blame (AP)
- Gut Punch (Dispatch/Gordon)
- Close Call Will Help Buckeyes' Reputation (Dispatch/Hunter)
- Breakout Game Eludes Pryor (Dispatch/May)
- Ohio State Discovers an Entirely New Brand of Disappointment (Dr. Saturday)
- New Faces Emerge to Produce Familiar Results for Resilient Trojans (SI/Mandel)
- Barkley Shows He Has Right Stuff (ESPN/Forde)
- Matt Barkley Gives USC One to Grow On (LA Times/Plaschke)
- Just What We Need, Another Heisman Candidate from USC (SI)
- Buckeyes Once Againt Beaten at Own Game (ESPN/Rittenberg)
- And it Continues... (Bucknuts)
- USC Steals Ohio State's Soul (FanHouse)
