don't forget how difficult a trip this is for the Terps.
they will have to overcome some real obstacles just to get here, like Gophs did going to Oregon
they have to get the team to Baltimore (which can be a traffic nightmare), fly over 1,100 miles, may have to deal with heavy MSP traffic to get to TCF as 35W and tons of other streets are under repair, they have to deal with a time change
Maryland has no familiarity with the city or stadium, first time ever playing here. Maryland will have very limited fan support.
as PJ said, people don't realize how difficult these long trips can be.
No doubt, gives us an advantage. Howard Griffith specifically was talking about it on B1G network how difficult of a trip it was for Minnesota to OSU due to the distance, game time, 2 time zone changes, etc. Also, it is 813 nm from MSP to Baltimore and over 1,200 miles from MSP to Portland, depending on the route taken, these could vary slightly, but nowhere close to being equal.
*Edit - Just realized you are probably referring to statute miles, which would be 1,057 from MSP to Baltimore and 1,610 from MSP to Portland.