By Dillon Mullan; WASHINGTON POST
A deflated band of football players loaded onto the bus and took their seats as the Midwestern moon shone high above them. It was 3 a.m., and the shock of a 57-0 defeat lingered as the team embarked on the 600-mile trip from Indianapolis back home to Washington.
The bus was tightly packed and uncomfortable. Some players tried to force sleep while sitting upright in their chairs. Others gave up and slept on the floor. When the bus pulled in to a rest stop around 6:30 a.m., a handful of players gingerly maneuvered around their slumbering teammates and stepped outside for a conversation.
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