Michigan State is going to open up the 2011 football season hosting Youngstown State on Friday, September 2... at 7:30 pm, to be televised on Big Ten Network... Is this the first ever Friday game for Michigan State football? Methinks so.

Last year, YSU finished 3-8 and #158 according to Jeff Sagarin (MSU finished 11-2 and #31). YSU has a fairly impressive stadium for a Division I-FCS institution... the ES visited it on a trip to Pittsburgh back in 2007. Here's a shot of where the Penguins play on Saturdays:




A quick look at future schedules for Michigan State... we open the 2012 season hosting Boise State on a Friday as well....

2011
Sept. 2 YOUNGSTOWN STATE
Sept. 10 FLORIDA ATLANTIC
Sept. 17 at Notre Dame
Sept. 24 CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Oct. 1 at Ohio State
Oct. 15 MICHIGAN
Oct. 22 WISCONSIN
Oct. 29 at Nebraska
Nov. 5 MINNESOTA
Nov. 12 at Iowa
Nov. 19 INDIANA
Nov. 26 at Northwestern

2012
Aug. 31 BOISE STATE
Sept. 8 at Central Michigan
Sept. 15 NOTRE DAME
Sept. 22 EASTERN MICHIGAN
Sept. 29 OHIO STATE
Oct. 6 at Indiana
Oct. 13 IOWA
Oct. 20 at Michigan
Oct. 27 at Wisconsin
Nov. 3 NEBRASKA
Nov. 17 NORTHWESTERN
Nov. 24 at Minnesota

2013 (BIG TEN ONLY)
Oct. 5 at Iowa
Oct. 12 INDIANA
Oct. 19 PURDUE
Oct. 26 at Illinois
Nov. 2 MICHIGAN
Nov. 16 at Nebraska
Nov. 23 at Northwestern
Nov. 30 MINNESOTA

2014 (BIG TEN ONLY)
Oct. 4 ILLINOIS
Oct. 11 at Michigan
Oct. 25 at Indiana
Nov. 1 NORTHWESTERN
Nov. 8 at Purdue
Nov. 15 NEBRASKA
Nov. 22 IOWA
Nov. 29 at Minnesota