Please read this great Oregon Live article about the players meeting post Colorado. Far from throwing it in, we see team leadership take control and assign personal responsibility, especially to the young ones. Note the reference to paying too much attention to hype and the need to "grow up."
http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2016/09/in_players-only_meeting_oregon.htm
http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2016/09/in_players-only_meeting_oregon.htm