I know it has been a few years, but it is still strange to me whenever we play Maryland. It still feels like a non-conference game, especially when this is the first time ever that the Terrapins will travel to Purdue. When it comes to major conference opponents Purdue has played TCU and Vanderbilt, both on this year’s schedule, the same number of times it has played Maryland.
The last time these two teams met was not pretty, either. I went to College Park in my quest to see Purdue play in all 14 Big Ten Stadiums and it was bad even by Darrell Hazell standards.