Newfound love for USC

Through the years, I have found many reasons to hate USC. 1)Pete Carroll 2) Matt Leinart 3) Reggie Bush 4) Reggie Bush's heisman trophy 5) the media's constant coverage on everything USC, and all their "greatness". And the list could go on and on really. However, after watching the Gameday special on USC, and Pete Carroll's treatment of Jake Olsen. Jake was a boy who lost his eyesight to cancer when he was born. He would go on to fight, and beat, cancer eight times, before the ninth when the doctor's informed the Olsens that the only way to beat the cancer was to remove his other eye, and cause Jake to go blind forever.
The surgery was not to take place for a month, and Jake's one wish was to go see a USC football game. When Carroll found out about the story, Jake was invited to be on the field for practice, to be in the locker room with the guys before and after practice, and even lead the team on with Carroll for their game against Oregon State, leading pep talk for the team before they took the field, and celebrating with them in the locker room after the game. Jake continued to go to practices, and on his last night to ever be able to see, he only wanted to do one thing, go watch the Trojans practice. After some motivational speeches from the players and Carroll, Jake left, ready for the inevitable tomorrow. USC's center, Jake's favorite player, went with the Olsens on the day of the surgery and was there to see Jake in, and to see him come out.
The story was very moving, and inspirational, and since the surgery, Jake has come back to the field to see the guys, and give them a motivational speech since their loss to Stanford. The act of classiness from Pete Carroll, and the entire Trojan football team was simply amazing. I am not sure that I have ever seen a team, or a person go so far to assure someone of a last wish. I will always remember Carroll's "extra mile," and will always have a lot of respect for the Trojans, well atleast for the Trojans off-the-field character.