WATCH: Michigan State reveals uniform combo for Saturday in East Lansing

Following a 40-29 road loss at Purdue, its first setback of the season, Michigan State will try to bounce back Saturday as it hosts Maryland at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing.

While the No. 7 ranked Spartans look to return to their winning ways, they’ll be looking sharp in the process as the team will be rocking a flashy uniform, according to a video released on the team’s Twitter account.

As can be seen in the video, Michigan State will be wearing neon green jerseys with big and bold “STATE” lettering across the chest for its matchup with Maryland, which is set for a 4 p.m. ET kickoff at Spartan Stadium. FOX will be carrying the broadcast.

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Saturday will mark the 12th all-time meeting between Michigan State and Maryland, with the Spartans leading the series 9-2. MSU won the last meeting between the two sides, 19-16, on Nov. 30, 2019 in East Lansing.

Why Michigan State’s Mel Tucker is reportedly a top candidate at LSU

Michigan State head coach Mel Tucker is a mainstay in conversations regarding the LSU Tigers’ search for a new coach, as the third-year head coach — now in his second season with Michigan State — has brought the Spartans immense success.

Tucker in 2020 took over a program that went 7-6 in both of the seasons prior, and though he went just 2-5 in his first season at the helm, he’s followed it up with a national spotlight-worthy performance. Michigan State is now 8-1, and the Spartans debuted at No. 3 in the College Football Playoff rankings before an upset loss to Purdue.

As Tucker builds on his success in East Lansing, he’s simultaneously building a resume of intrigue in Baton Rouge. Scott Rabalais, a local columnist for The Advocate, appeared on The Paul Finebaum Show Thursday and said LSU’s top three candidates are Jimbo Fisher, Lincoln Riley and Tucker.

“It doesn’t mean it’s going to be one of these three guys. … And there might be as many as five guys that Scott Woodward is looking at,” Rabalais clarified. “Mel Tucker also was on Nick Saban’s first staff at LSU, coached for him there, coached for him at Michigan State, coached for him at Alabama, coached under Kirby (Smart) at Georgia, has got that pedigree. Does not have a long track record as a head coach, but has been in the NFL, even been a NFL interim coach at Jacksonville. His resume kind of reminds me of Nick Saban when he came here and Bill Arnsparger when he came here as LSU’s head coach back in the ‘80s from the Miami Dolphins.”

Tucker’s resume, which, as Rabalais noted, doesn’t have many head coaching stops, still has plenty of reason to excite the LSU athletic department. Perhaps a move to the SEC is on the horizon for the 49-year-old, whose current salary of $5.5 million would certainly be bested by LSU.

On3’s Simon Gibbs contributed to this report.