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PHILADELPHIA _ In shadow streaked by sunlight, golden helmets under their arms, they stood before the Brigade of their peers, in wrenching defeat, and sang their alma mater, the words catching in their throats.
And then they had to turn and make that long, long walk across the field to stand before Army and listen, with solemn respect, to the song of the conqueror.
Navy had lost to Army. Navy had just endured its first winless season in more than a century. Hard to tell which was the greater agony.
But there were no excuses from the losers. There never are. It is ingrained in them, the concept of accountability.
They are taught that all an alibi ever gets you is the failure to take responsibility.
"They were definitely the better team, on both sides of the ball," said Brian Madden, the Navy ...