With a quarterback controversy as a backdrop, Oregon is preparing for a daunting Washington team that proved its mettle on a national stage against Stanford.Could the Ducks 12-game winning streak against the Huskies be coming to an end?The rivalry game with the No. 5 Huskies couldnt come at a worse time for Oregon, which is reeling from a three-game losing streak. The Ducks (2-3, 0-2) are coming off a 51-33 loss to Washington State in Pullman.Amid questions about coach Mark Helfrichs job security and the changes to the defense installed by new coordinator Brady Hoke comes uncertainty about the Ducks starting quarterback.Dakota Prukop has started in all five of Oregons games thus far, throwing for 1,173 yards and eight touchdowns with two interceptions.He completed 14 of 22 passes for 132 yards and one interception against the Cougars. The week before, he threw an interception in the end zone on the final drive of Oregons 41-38 loss at Autzen Stadium to Colorado.Freshman Justin Herbert came in for the final series against Washington State, marching the team 85 yards and capping the drive with a 4-yard run for a touchdown.Herbert has appeared in two games, completing three of five passes for 70 yards. But he turned heads against the Cougars when he led that final drive.A local prospect out of Sheldon High School in Eugene, Herbert worked his way up the depth chart in fall camp. He beat out Terry Wilson and Travis Jonsen for the backup job.Helfrich did not name a starter Thursday, his last media availability before the game. But he said the team had clarity after a good week of practice.Were going to put the best guy out there, at that and every other position, to help us win this game, he said.Despite reports that Herbert was starting against the Huskies, offensive coordinator Matt Lubick told reporters a day earlier that no decision had been made. Prukop is listed ahead of Herbert on the depth chart released at the start of the week.Its something we evaluate every day, Lubick said. When we figure it out, you guys will know.Washington, meanwhile, is coming off a statement-making 44-6 victory at home over the Cardinal last Friday night to move atop the Pac-12 North standings. The Huskies have not been ranked this high in the AP Top 25 since the end of the 2000 season, when they won the Rose Bowl.Washington poses problems for whomever the Ducks name as starter. The Huskies had eight sacks last weekend against Stanford. Theyre ranked No. 15 nationally for total defense, allowing opponents just about 299 yards a game. And theyve allowed an average of just 12.8 points a game.The biggest problem weve had, to be honest, is simulating their defense, Helfrich said. To get those guys to play their hearts out on the scout team has been a huge deal.Head coach Chris Petersen seemed unconcerned by the apparent disarray among the Ducks.I think everybody always overinflates everything, on both ways, he said. Thats what I think. I think that they played some hard-fought games that they had chances to win down at the end and for whatever reason just didnt do it. That can affect momentum one way or another. And I think they played Washington State, who is a hard team to play, really well. In the fourth quarter, it got away a little bit.The last time Washington won at Autzen Stadium was in 2002, when the Huskies defeated the No. 23 Ducks 42-14 and then drew the ire of the fans by dancing on the O at midfield.Air Force 270 Fake . He said Tuesday thats a big reason why he is now the new coach of the Tennessee Titans. Whisenhunt said he hit it off quickly with Ruston Webster when interviewing for the job Friday night. Air Force 1 Black Sale . The Barrie Colts defenceman, who impressed many with his play for Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship, is the top-ranked skater in the February rankings. He has 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 points in 45 games with the Colts this season. http://www.airforce1storesale.com/fake-sf-af1-outlet.html . LOUIS -- The New Orleans Saints looked like a team playing out the string. Air Force 1 White Cheap .H. -- Matt Kenseth made it 2 for 2 in the Chase, holding off teammate Kyle Busch to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Air Force 1 Yellow Outlet . Laudrup revealed Thursday he was notified of his dismissal in "the briefest of letters which gave no reasons why such hasty and final action was deemed necessary.MONZA, Italy -- Lewis Hamilton paid tribute to the extraordinary Jenson Button after hearing his former McLaren teammate will step back from Formula One in 2017.Button is being replaced by Stoffel Vandoorne at McLaren next year, though he is on a deal which could include a return to a race drive in 2018 if the team wants him back. The announcement was made on Saturday, just days after Felipe Massa confirmed his retirement at the end of the year in the Monza paddock.Joking about the weekend of announcements Hamilton, whose media session started just as Buttons news was filtering through social media from further up the paddock, kicked off his session with a smile.Ok guys, well I want to start this session with an announcment of my own.... Im also retiring, he said, laughing.Button became Hamiltons teammate the year after winning the 2009 world championship for Brawn. The pair stayed at McLaren together until 2012, when Hamilton departed for Mercedes.Hamilton says he remembers waatching Button, whose career began at the 2000 Australian Grand Prix, when he was a child.ddddddddddddJensons been an extraordinary British champion. I remember watching him when he first got to Formula One on a weekend with my dad, eating bacon sarnies, watching Jenson doing what I was dreaming to do.Hes done 17 years now, a long, long stint in this sport, but what he has given to it is fantastic.We were joking in the drivers briefing the other day. Max (Verstappen) was sitting next to me, along with Jenson and Felipe, and Jenson told Max You were just one-year-old when I first got to Formula One. That was kind of crazy.But Jenson is still young, still healthy, still fit, so I wish him all the best for the future.Button is the only man other than Hamilton or Sebastian Vettel to have won an F1 world championship since Kimi Raikkonen did so in 2007. ' ' '