2011 afc championship game

Slideshow: A Bus Bound for Pittsburgh (and Heartbreak)

Last weekend, photographer Brian Finke joined New York’s Will Leitch and a busload of die-hard Jets fans on their way to the AFC Championship Game in Pittsburgh. In this slideshow, witness the party on the way to western Pennsylvania, the scene once they arrived in enemy territory (spoiler alert: It involves Mark Sanchez hanging in effigy), and, unfortunately, the kind of facial expression only seen on a sports fan whose team’s season is ending. Click ahead to see it all.

Slideshow: A Bus Bound for Pittsburgh (and Heartbreak)