Rutgers and Maryland as rivals? It was just too easy to lump them in that category as the new kids on the Big Ten block ahead of their first season in the conference. Reality was, these two teams didn’t have a lot of history between them and a rivalry needed to spring up organically.
However, their end of the season matchup proved to be the most entertaining game of the weekend (if not the Big Ten season), and with Rutgers’ crazy comeback win it perhaps sparked something more than just wishful thinking on the rivalry tip.
Fast forward a few more months and these two were in a heated battle for four-star quarterback Dwayne Haskins out of Potomac, Md.