It was the dawning of a new era for the Big Ten. After the dizzying conference realignments of the early 2010s, the Big Ten had added Rutgers and Maryland to its ranks, expanding the conference to 14 “elite” programs. It was time to get started on a refreshing and exciting new Big Ten—
Haha, okay, enough with that. Northwestern had the pleasure of traveling to Piscataway for Rutgers’ first conference game as a full member of the Big Ten. You can be sure there were thrilling times to be had in New Jersey on December 30th, 2014, as the world turned to see Eddie Jordan’s Scarlet Knights face off against Chris Collins and the Northwestern Wildcats.