A flight to Philadelphia (or GWU, if they had won) was a given. The flight to College Station was the "outside the lines" one that may have required an exemption. Not sure the team would have needed a lot of recovery time after a Sunday morning drive before a Monday night game. But, flying in style might have just given them a mental boost.
Besides, nobody questioned whether it was a good idea; just talking about the "how" it happened, not the "why."