Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times

Photo: Wally Skalij, LA Times

The light rain that fell throughout most of the game did not seem to bother or slow down USC. But an unexpected storm of penalties, injuries and turnovers swept the top-ranked Trojans to the brink of a mighty fall that might have drowned their hopes for a run at the national title. During a weekend of upsets across the country, however, USC weathered its mistakes on Saturday and narrowly escaped with a 27-24 victory over Washington before 68,654 at Husky Stadium… continue

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