When Maryland began its inaugural season in the Big Ten Conference a year ago, it faced a flurry of questions about how it could compete among the nation's college football bluebloods, a group of leaders and legends steeped in tradition.
And the Terps more than acquitted themselves to the conference's rigors with a .500 record in conference and its second straight winning season.
But the questions and the doubts Maryland seemed to put to rest with its performance last season have popped up again. The Terps are in the same division as reigning national champion Ohio State.