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In our first annual CSI awards, last time we unveiled our preseason team that Can’t Stand It. This time will look at teams that started out strong, then went CSI.
Plus teams that had leads in the fourth quarter against superior talent, and just Can’t Stand It. Then we add teams that had a chance for a big season after a big upset, then flopped against a lesser opponent.
There are several teams that can qualify for this award. The teams that at some point in this season proved they too can be just as CSI as preseason teams are as nominated.
Auburn Tigers
The Tigers spent the offseason defending their hire of Gene Chizik as head coach. Auburn looked like geniuses after five straight wins to start the season.
Chizik and his boys were able to obtain a spot in the polls after their quick start. The Tigers could not stand the hype and prosperity.
In Auburn’s first game as a ranked team, the Tigers were shelled 44-23 by Arkansas. This was a Razorbacks team that could not stop Georgia, or Alabama on offense.
The Tigers would go on to lose games against Kentucky and LSU. Auburn was able to right the ship against fellow CSI team Ole Miss to end a three game losing streak.
Michigan Wolverines
The Wolverines started the season with controversy about the amount of time spent practicing. After a 3-9 season, Rich Rodriguez was under fire to start the season with the practice time adding extra pressure.
Michigan wheeled off five straight victories including a number of come-from-behind-wins. The Wolverines were able to climb as high as 22nd in the AP Top 25, and 20th in the USA Today poll.
Michigan could not stand the all the talk that they were back as a national power. After being the ranked, this team lost to Michigan State and Iowa in back to back games. The Wolverines are on a four game losing streak against FBS teams.
Overall, Michigan has lost four out of their last five, the only win coming against FCS team Delaware State. Tate Forcier once thought of a Heisman contender is now just a freshman quarterback.
Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles
The Golden Eagles started this season with three high profile games on their schedule. This could have been the season the eagles stepped into the talk of best non-BCS team.
Southern Miss was able to beat Virginia when they were not playing well to get a big win. They followed that win with a loss to a ranked Kansas team.
Still, the Eagles could have had a nine-to-10 win season. That is, until they followed the loss to the Jayhawks with a loss to UAB the next week.
The Golden Eagles still had one marquee game left against Houston. Southern Miss needed just one stop to send the game into overtime against the Cougars.
The C-USA top ranked defense could not get a stop in the final minute of the game. Houston scored with 21 seconds to go, as the Eagles could not stand to beat a Top-25 team.
Wake Forest Demon Deacons
The Demon Deacons entered this season with as good a chance to win the ACC Atlantic division as any team. Wake Forest has had a couple of chances to take a strangle hold of the division, but could not get the job done.
The Deacons have not been able to win a game decided by seven points, or less all season. Wake has lost close games to Boston College, Baylor, and Navy.
The biggest CSI moment of the season came against the Miami Hurricanes. The Demon Deacons had a 27-14 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Wake Forest could not stand it, and allowed Miami to score 14 unanswered points in the final quarter. The Hurricanes scored the game winning points with just 1:08 left to go in the game.
Wisconsin Badgers
The Badgers started this season with five straight wins to start talk of a possible Big Ten title. Wisconsin looked like a good dark horse pick in a conference no one stood out in.
Just as Wisconsin was starting to garner votes in the polls and reaching a 25th ranking in the USA Today
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