The confetti has been swept off the field of University of Phoenix Stadium.
The crowds have all gone home.
A new champion has been crowned.
And now we enter the long, unforgiving offseason of college football, with nearly eight months separating us from the next game.
But there has been very little down time on the banks of the old Raritan, as Rutgers has hit the ground running. On Tuesday, the first day of the college football offseason, the local media gathered in the meeting room of the Hale Center. Chris Ash was ready to show off his shiny new coaches.