When it comes to the final week of the Big Ten's regular season, the Maryland-Rutgers game is an outlier.
That's not because the Terrapins and Scarlet Knights are league newbies, or because they're each suffering through miserable seasons. Actually, it is kind of about that latter point.
Their game is the only one on the docket that doesn't carry some major implications, involving the College Football Playoff, the Big Ten East Division race or the scramble for bowl eligibility, not to mention longstanding rivalries.
Yes, the league is mostly, blissfully free of turkeys as the curtain closes on Thanksgiving weekend.