The noon kickoffs just keep on coming for Michigan State football this year.
Kickoff has been set at 12 p.m. EST for next week’s match-up between Michigan State and Maryland in College Park, Md. All five of MSU’s games this season have been at noon.
The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
MSU’s game at Maryland next week – if it happens – is scheduled for a noon kickoff, for those still planning their Saturdays around Spartan football this season.
— Graham Couch (@Graham_Couch) November 15, 2020
As Graham Couch of The Lansing State Journal pointed out, Saturday’s game against the Terps is currently in jeopardy after a COVID-19 outbreak hit Maryland this past week. The Terps were forced to halt all football activities and had to cancel their game against Ohio State. We should hopefully know the status of this match-up in the next few days.
Following Saturday’s loss to Indiana, Spartans head coach Mel Tucker was asked about next week’s game potentially being canceled but he said they’ll be approaching this game like any other and not worry about that possibility.
“We’re expecting to play,” Tucker said during the post game press conference. “I don’t know what their situation is. I’m not sure why they are playing or not playing. We’re going to be prepared to play as long as we can meet the thresholds in terms of players available and the COVID numbers that are set forth by the Big Ten. As long as we can stay within those numbers and field a team, we’re going to play. We’re going to prepare to play until we’re told differently. We need to play football.”
Maryland currently is 2-1 on the season with back-to-back wins over Minnesota and Penn State. The Terps’ lone loss was a season-opener blowout against Northwestern.
