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What will the Oregon Ducks 'players-only' meeting accomplish? Let's see: Issues & Answers

I've been in the business a long time, which has led to a certain cynicism about "players-only" meetings.

They have become a knee-jerk response for struggling teams, a sports cliche if you will.

The Oregon Ducks held a players-only meeting this week in response to consecutive losses to Nebraska and Colorado.

The O's Andrew Greif has the story:

The Ducks have lost consecutive regular-season games for the first time since 2007.

In a perfect world this would be an organic response on the part of the UO players to take responsibility for the situation in which they find themselves -- 2-2, with a Swiss Cheese defense, and heading to the Palouse to face Washington State's Air Raid.