Road Trippin’: Visiting the Newest B1G Member

Since Rutgers joined the Big Ten a few years ago they have been the butt of many jokes. They are the New York team that New York doesn’t care about. They are the football and basketball program brought in to be a media market and not much more. It certainly doesn’t feel like they fit, and with Maryland winning 14 conference titles and even Johns Hopkins taking a lacrosse title the Scarlet Knights have yet to claim a Big Ten championship in any sport.

After visiting Piscataway, however, they are all in on the Big Ten.

WE R B1GBut we’ll get to that later. Despite all the jokes, there is some definite cachet to be had with the team in the Big Ten. The stars aligned this week for me to visit…