Another Big Ten game is on the docket this Friday night, this time featuring Purdue against Michigan State at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. It will be the first meeting between the two teams since 2021.
Michigan State enters Friday’s game needing to win each of its last two games to become bowl eligible. Purdue, on the other hand, is hoping to play spoiler in each of its final two contests of the year.
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Ryan Walters, Purdue: Walters is in his second season as the coach at Purdue, coming off a 4-8 campaign in 2023. Although Walters had stops as a defensive coordinator at Missouri and Illinois, he acknowledged that he met some challenges in his first season as the leader of a program. Throughout the offseason, Walters said he “learned a lot” in his first year with the Boilermakers. Walters’ second season has gotten off to a roller coaster start, with Purdue defeating Indiana State 49-0 in the opener and falling 66-7 to Notre Dame and Oregon State 38-21 in the first three games of the 2024 campaign. Purdue enters Saturday’s game 0-7 in Big Ten play.
Jonathan Smith, Michigan State: Smith is in his first season at Michigan State after spending the previous six seasons as the coach at Oregon State, his alma mater. While he was in Corvallis, Smith led the Beavers to a 34-35 record, but he had the program on the rise at the time of his departure. After a rocky first three seasons and going 9-22, Oregon State finished the year with a winning record each season from 2021-23. The Beavers went 7-6 in 2021 and followed that up with a 10-3 record in 2022. In 2023, Oregon State finished 8-4. Prior to his coaching career, Smith was a quarterback at Oregon State from 1998-2001. He then had stops as an assistant at Oregon State, Idaho, Montana, Boise State and Washington.
MICHIGAN STATE ‘HUGE GAME’ FOR WALTERS: According to a report from On3, Friday night’s game vs. Michigan State is “huge” in determining the future of Purdue coach Ryan Walters. CLICK HERE
ESPN RIPS PURDUE END ZONE DESIGN: ESPN’s “Get Up” crew was highly critical of Purdue’s end zone design after the blunder from receiver De’Nylon Morrissette in Saturday’s game vs. Penn State. CLICK HERE
BOILERS UNDERDOGS VS SPARTANS: The opening spread has been released for Friday night’s game between Purdue and Michigan State. Once again, the Boilermakers are a big underdog. CLICK HERE
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