Purdue Football Opponent First Look: Michigan State Spartans

As Ryan Walters said on Saturday night, Purdue has no time to sulk over its 49-10 loss to Penn State, as Michigan State now awaits on a short week for the Boilermakers, ahead of a Friday night clash in East Lansing.

Boiler Upload takes a first look at the Spartans ahead of Purdue’s trip north this weekend.

Where: East Lansing, Michigan

Stadium: Spartan Stadium (Official capacity of 74,866)

When: Friday, November 22nd, 8:00 p.m. ET

Television: FOX

Odds: Purdue is currently a +13-point underdog, over/under is 49 points. (via FanDuel)

Spartans rollercoaster 2024:

It has been a rollercoaster season for first year head coach Jonathan Smith in East Lansing, with the Spartans sitting at 4-6 and fighting for their bowl eligibility.

After starting the season 3-0 with wins over Florida Atlantic, Maryland and Prairie View A&M, a considerable slide has continued over the last two months. A loss at Boston College began the first of two three-game skids for Michigan State this season, also falling to Ohio State and Oregon.

A win over Iowa snapped the losing streak in mid-October before another free fall began, dropping three straight against Michigan, Indiana and Illinois.

Michigan State comes into Friday night’s clash losing six of their last seven, but has an opportunity to clinch bowl eligibility with two favorable matchups against the Boilermakers and Rutgers to close out the year.

Aidan Chiles:

Speaking of rollercoasters, that has been the Aidan Chiles experience in East Lansing thus far. The Oregon State transfer has had moments where he looks like one of the top ranked portal quarterbacks from the off-season, then having moments where he looks like a first year starter.

Chiles leads the conference in interceptions with 11 and has eight fumbles on top of it. Seven of his interceptions came in the first four games, but Chiles has been better at protecting the football of late, as he’s cut that number down to four over the last six games.

Still, Purdue has an opportunity to get to Chiles and…

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Publish date : 2024-11-18 15:00:00

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