When Michigan State takes on Rutgers on Saturday, many people around the nation will be paying attention not only because it’s a primetime game, but because the Spartans have been one of those teams that no one can really get a gauge on.
Are the Spartans serious contenders or unfortunate pretenders? That’s what the rest of the country will be tuned in to find out, but there’s an obvious answer here: MSU has yet to put everything together for a full game, and if it does, watch out.
Michigan State vs Rutgers isn’t exactly the type of game that will break the TV ratings, but the Spartans and Scarlet Knights have created some bad blood over the past year after MSU faked a field goal up by 35 points in the second half of 2014’s game.