Worries about Michigan State football are growing

Michigan State is reeling after losing its third straight game. After a good start to the season, the Spartans came back down to earth against Boston College and haven’t had much success since.

CBS Sports’ Cameron Salerno listed some of his takeaways from Michigan State’s third straight loss.

Salerno noted that Michigan State’s schedule will only get more difficult. After their bye week, the Spartans still face several tough opponents. Salerno expects Michigan State to have difficult games over the next few weeks, which will put pressure on the Spartans to win games on the back end of their schedule.

“After starting the season 3-0 in the first year of the Jonathan Smith era, the Spartans have lost their last three games to Boston College, Ohio State and Oregon,” Salerno said. “The schedule doesn’t get any easier for MSU as its next four games are against Iowa at home, No. 10 Michigan, No. 23 Indiana and No. 24 Illinois. In the end, the schedule relaxes with home games against Purdue and Rutgers, but the Spartans will likely need to pull off at least one upset to break a two-year bowl drought.”

While Michigan State had an overall disappointing night, Salerno noted that Michigan State became the first team in nine quarters to score an offensive touchdown over the Ducks.