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LOS ANGELES — Penn State players kneeled side by side as redshirt freshman Ryan Barker trotted onto the field for the biggest kick of his life. The walk-on drilled a 36-yard field goal to lift the Lions past USC 33-30 on Saturday at the LA Memorial Coliseum. As the ball sailed through the uprights and hit the netting, the Nittany Lions raced off the sideline to mob their recently-promoted field goal kicker, who made four boots on this day and was perfect on each extra-point try. The celebration was on. Lions coach James Franklin shook hands with counterpart Lincoln Riley of USC and then hugged…

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