Together in Big Ten, Washington, Maryland meet for first time

(Photo credit: Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)Maryland celebrated New Year's Eve by flying more than 2,300 miles to Seattle for a game Thursday against Washington.

Welcome to the expanded Big Ten Conference.

"Usually I don't make it past 10:30 (p.m. on New Year's Eve), so this will be exciting for me because we're going to be on the airplane, so I'll be with all the guys," Terrapins co