Michigan State’s 41-24 victory over Youngstown State already wasn’t inspiring a ton of optimism, but the play of the Spartans’ first two opponents isn’t making the Spartans look very good, either.
Here’s how Western Michigan and Boston College fared in Week 3.
No. 9 Illinois 38, Western Michigan 0
It might be a little bit unfair to compare Michigan State to an Illinois program that has cracked the top 10, but the Fighting Illini took care of things against WMU better than MSU.
The game was actually semi-competitive at the half — Illinois led 10-0 — but unlike the Spartans, the Illini looked a lot better in the second half, scoring 14 points in both the third and fourth quarters to win 38-0…