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Bill Plaschke: For Olson and Trojans, truly a sight to behold

LOS ANGELES_Jake Olson will never behold his perfect snap, the wondrous kick, that glorious final point of USC's opening-day victory.

But he felt it in the hugs, heard it in the roars and basked in its triumph as he trotted from the Coliseum field into the arms of his Trojans teammates.

Turns out, USC's blind long snapper saw it better than anyone.

"There's a beauty in it," said Olson, still sweating through his uniform early Saturday evening. "If you can't see how God works things out, then I think you're the blind one."

The beauty washed over the overheated Coliseum with

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