Browning's 3 TDs lead Washington past Utah State 31-17

SEATTLE -- Jake Browning made the wrong read and the first play of the second half became the type of interception mistake freshmen make. What followed was precisely why Washington coach Chris Petersen went with the Browning as his starting quarterback in the first place. Browning rebounded from his lone mistake to throw two of his three touchdown passes in the third quarter as Washington pulled away for a 31-17 win over Utah State on Saturday. Only three games into his college career, Browning is already putting new marks in Washington's record book. He threw for 368 yards, the most ever by a Washington freshman and 11th most in school history. "I'll tell you, he's doing a good job. ... It's a little bit like that teacher that's one step ahead of the student a little bit.