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Michigan State is heading into the month of November with a 3-5 record and needing to make something happen in order to have a chance at a bowl game and postseason play.
The final stretch of the regular season and the push for a bowl game starts next Saturday when the Spartans travel to Urbana-Champaign to face the Illinois Fighting Illini.
The game has officially been set to kickoff at 3:30 p.m. EST inside of Memorial Stadium on the Big Ten Network.
Game time is set. #GoGreen pic.twitter.com/bOZHC6wwoI
— Michigan State Football (@MSU_Football) October 30, 2022
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