Duke fans are some of the most passionate about their school's basketball team.

But like any group of fans of a successful program, there are those who prescribe to the chicken little syndrome each and every time the Blue Devils lose a game.

Here is a look at 10 reasons or excuses fans are using following their team's first loss of the season. From the realistic to the ridiculous, they are all here, and in some cases they are really being said.

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