The silent sitting. The window gazing. The short glances across the aisle.
Clifton, like the other football players at Arkansas State University, had hours to come to terms with finishing last season with two consecutive losses, including a 35-30 loss to Middle Tennessee State on Dec. 16 in the Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, Ala.
"It's a tough thing to do as a team that's used to winning, then you start losing back-to-back like that," Clifton said Tuesday.