Rutgers won today thanks to a dominant defensive effort, and I'll write the game recap eventually, but that's going to take a back seat for now.
Multiple sources are reporting that the Big 10 is in negotiations to add the University of Maryland as their 13th conference member, and if they come to an agreement, Rutgers will join them as the conference's 14th member. Obviously this is great news for Rutgers, since the Big 10 is the richest conference in the country, thanks in large part to the Big 10 Network, and that will help Rutger' athletic department's bottom line a great deal. More importantly for fans though, it will improve the football program's prestige a great deal and it will also help in recruiting. Playing yearly games against Big 10 teams should spark fan interest and help attendance.
I've been trying to avoid blogging about conference realignment since there so much crap spread around to sell Rivals subscriptions, but this is the real deal. ESPN has very strict rules when it comes to breaking news, so when they report stuff it's true. Rumors of Maryland joining the Big 10 have been swiriling on message boards all week, but I didn't think there were any teeth to it for the a fore mentioned reasons. This is a lot for me to wrap my head around at once, so I'll hopefully write more about this topic later this week.
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