Last Saturday (9/2/17), USC played Western Michigan at the Coliseum. It was a struggle for USC (favored by 26.5 points) at the beginning, but with just over 3 minutes left in the game they scored a touchdown; they were ahead by a score of 48 to 31.

USC called a time out.

No team calls a time out when they score a touchdown; the clock is stopped, so there's no reason to do so.

USC's coach talked to the referee, who talked to Western Michigan's coach. USC was about to put in a very special player for the extra point.

Jake Olson joined the Trojans in 2015 as a long snapper: field goals and extra points.

Jake Olson has been blind since the age of 12, losing his sight to a rare form of cancer.

The snap was perfect, and USC's kicker scored the extra point.

The sportsmanship was on the part of Western Michigan's defense: they didn't rush the kicker. Apparently they agreed that they wouldn't risk bowling over the blind snapper in an attempt to block a kick that, honestly, didn't matter.

Jake Olson was a long snapper for Orange Lutheran High School, which is about 8 miles from my home. The best man at my wedding attended Orange Lutheran.

This was the first time that Jake played in a real game.

USC and, especially, Western Michigan, should be given props galore for allowing this remarkable young man to display his talents to a stadium full of devoted fans.

That, gentlemen, is sportsmanship.

The only sad part is how rare such stories are.

That was really great to see (thanks, Youtube).

Here is a sports(wo)manship that I thought was very special, too: