Fast facts
Matchup: No. 5 Michigan State (11-2 in 2014) at Western Michigan (8-5).
Where: Waldo Stadium, Kalamazoo.
When: 7 p.m. Friday.
TV/radio: ESPNU; WJR-AM (760), WDFN-AM (1130).
Line: MSU by 17 1/2.
Injury report
MSU: CB Arjen Colquhoun (undisclosed), CB Darian Hicks (mononucleosis), DT Enoch Smith Jr. (hernia), probable; LB Ed Davis (knee), out for season.
WMU: None.
Five storylines to watch
Free Press sports writer Joe Rexrode breaks down five story lines to watch in Friday's game:
Night for the ages: To put the largeness of this event in perspective, Kalamazoo Gazette reporter David Drew referenced Abraham Lincoln’s visit to Kalamazoo in 1856 as a comparison.