Free Press sports writer Chris Solari breaks down the Spartans’ game at Northwestern.
Fast facts
Matchup: No. 18 Michigan State (6-1, 4-0 Big Ten) at Northwestern (4-3, 2-2).
When: 3:30 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois.
TV/radio: ESPN, WJR-AM (760).
Line: MSU by 2 1/2.
Injury report
MSU: WR/PR Brandon Sowards (ACL), out for season; OL A.J. Arcuri (undisclosed), out indefinitely; DE Jacub Panasiuk (leg), questionable; TE Noah Davis (leg), questionable; TE Matt Dotson (undisclosed), questionable; WR Trishton Jackson (undisclosed), probable; RB Gerald Holmes (ankle), probable.