I guess there are some others, outside of this board who are not so high on Rutgers & Maryland:
http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/con...gers-and-maryland-lack-football-pedigree.html
"What has the Big Ten immediately given its fans, especially in football, with the additions of Rutgers and Maryland — schools Ohio State has never played in football?"
"Rutgers won the first college football game ever played, defeating Princeton 6-4 in New Brunswick on Nov. 6, 1869. From then until 2005, the Scarlet Knights played in one bowl game: the 1978 Garden Bowl in New Jersey."
http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/con...gers-and-maryland-lack-football-pedigree.html
"What has the Big Ten immediately given its fans, especially in football, with the additions of Rutgers and Maryland — schools Ohio State has never played in football?"
"Rutgers won the first college football game ever played, defeating Princeton 6-4 in New Brunswick on Nov. 6, 1869. From then until 2005, the Scarlet Knights played in one bowl game: the 1978 Garden Bowl in New Jersey."