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Maryland and Rutgers in the Big Ten have been a failed experiment

In 2014, the Big Ten Conference added University of Maryland and Rutgers University (aka “rutger”) as its 13th and 14th members. When the expansion was announced in late 2012, many fans saw this as a money grab from Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany that would get cable boxes on the East Coast.

Four years have passed since the two teams were added, and the only notable accomplishment of the expansion has been that this was a money grab from Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany that would get cable boxes on the East Coast.

In the meantime, Maryland and rutger have routinely embarrassed themselves on and off the course.