Twitter: Big Ten schools welcome Maryland, Rutgers

As of Tuesday, Maryland and Rutgers are official members of the Big Ten. Several Big Ten schools went to Twitter on Tuesday morning to welcome the Terrapins and Scarlet Knights. See the tweets in this post.

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What a great day for the #B1G. RT to help us officially welcome @RUAthletics & @umterps to the conference. pic.twitter.com/NNWdQzVgFk

— Big Ten Conference (@bigten) July 1, 2014

Happy officially welcome @RUAthletics & @umterps to the #B1G. Looking forward to more moments like these. #Illini pic.twitter.com/LMKLWhtT7M

— Illinois Athletics (@IlliniAthletics) July 1, 2014

#HoosierNation – join us as we welcome @umterps and @RUAthletics to the #B1G! #GoIU pic.twitter.com/yhuUYhwH5X

— Indiana Hoosiers (@IUHoosiers) July 1, 2014

Hey #Huskers! We're not the new kid at school anymore!

Help us welcome @umterps and @RUAthletics to the #B1G. pic.twitter.com/gtmya5dkoz

— Nebraska Huskers (@Huskers) July 1, 2014

Welcome to the family, @umterps & @RUAthletics! #B1GWelcome #B1GCats pic.twitter.com/UBb53RQbnq

— Northwestern Athletics (@NU_Sports) July 1, 2014

We'd like to extend a #B1G Welcome to @umterps & RUAthletics! #BoilerUp http://t.co/HDTL99h5H7

— Purdue Athletics (@PurdueSports) July 1, 2014

Welcome to the Big Ten @RFootball and @umterps!

— Purdue Football (@BoilerFootball) July 1, 2014