There are always so many cool stories that come from college football...here is another one that happened this afternoon.
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Blind long-snapper Jake Olson is officially a letter winner at USC.
Following a Trojans touchdown that put Saturday's game against Western Michigan out of reach late in the fourth quarter, Olson came on and snapped for a successful extra point. Western Michigan appeared to know it was possible Olson would appear and did not rush the kick. USC won 49-31.
Olson was born with retinoblastoma, a form of eye cancer, and lost his left eye when he was 10 months old. In 2009, at age 12, he learned he needed surgery to remove his right eye, which would completely cost him his vision. Olson developed a close relationship with the USC program at the time and spent the night before his surgery watching USC practice.
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http://www.espn.com/college-football...stern-michigan