Former Southern Regional football standout Mike Gesicki completed a magnificent junior season for Penn State on Jan. 2, not only playing in but catching a touchdown pass during the 103rd annual Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., during which the Nittany Lions lost a 52-49 contest to USC.
Gesicki’s 11-yard touchdown grab with 54 seconds left in the first half – a leaping snatch of a Trace McSorley pass behind two USC defensive backs in the back-right corner of the end zone – put the Lions back in the contest just…
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