I'm not sure why anyone would call Maryland or Rutgers "garbage schools". Even if you are only referring to athletics, Maryland still isn't a "garbage school". In fact, Maryland has won more B1G Championships in all sports than any other B1G school since joining the B1G. This past year alone, Maryland won 9 B1G Championships if you include both regular season and tournament championships. Second place Ohio State and Penn State each won 6 championships this past year. Michigan and Minnesota won 5 each. Rutgers was the only B1G school to not win a conference championship, as the Scarlet Knights have yet to win a conference championship in the B1G.
Overall 2016-2017 conference championship breakdown by school:
Illinois - 1 (Men's Golf)
Indiana - 2 (Men's Swimming & Diving, Men's Indoor Track & Field)
Iowa - 1 (Baseball Tournament)
Maryland - 9 (Field Hockey Regular Season, Men's Soccer Regular Season, Men's Soccer Tournament, Women's Basketball Regular Season*, Women's Basketball Tournament, Men's Lacrosse Regular Season, Men's Lacrosse Tournament, Women's Lacrosse Regular Season, Women's Lacrosse Tournament)
Michigan - 5 (Women's Cross Country, Women's Swimming & Diving, Men's Basketball Tournament, Women's Gymnastics Regular Season, Women's Gymnastics Tournament)
Michigan State - 1 (Women's Golf)
Minnesota - 5 (Women's Soccer Regular Season*, Women's Soccer Tournament, Men's Ice Hockey Regular Season, Softball Regular Season, Softball Tournament)
Nebraska - 2 (Women's Volleyball, Baseball Regular Season)
Northwestern - 1 (Women's Soccer Regular Season*)
Ohio State - 6 (Women's Basketball Regular Season*, Wrestling, Men's Gymnastics, Women's Tennis, Men's Tennis, Women's Rowing)
Penn State - 6 (Field Hockey Tournament, Women's Soccer Regular Season*, Football, Women's Indoor Track & Field, Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Men's Outdoor Track & Field)
Purdue - 2 (Men's Basketball Regular Season, Women's Outdoor Track & Field)
Rutgers - 0
Wisconsin - 1 (Men's Cross Country)
*= regular season co-champions