PISCATAWAY - The lobby of the Hale Center was anything but bustling the other afternoon.
Occasionally a football player in winter sweats would emerge from the weight room and head toward the parking lot. Moments later a few female athletes walked toward the glass doors, eyes fixated on cell phones.
To their right are glass cases displaying artistic hardware from bowl games. Among them the 2005 Insight Bowl, a shootout against local favorite Arizona State. The 2006 Texas Bowl, a season highlighted by a national upset of No. 3 Louisville and the final Associated Press ranking at No.