After some brief question over whether the game would go ahead, the Washington Huskies football team is set to take on the Michigan State Spartans at 2:30 p.m. PT on Saturday at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Mich.

The Huskies will enter the game 5-4 overall (2-4 in Big Ten play) and need one more win to become bowl eligible.

The game against Michigan State will represent the best chance Washington has on its remaining schedule to get that sixth win that will send the team to its third-straight bowl game under head coach Jedd Fisch.

After the game against the Spartans, the Huskies will play its final home game of the season against the defending national champions and No. 9 Indiana Hoosiers at Columbia Bank Stadium and will wrap up the regular season on the road against the No. 16 Oregon Ducks at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Ore.

Here are three things to look for in Washington's game against Michigan State:

The first half has been slow-moving for the UW offense this season. In the first half of the Huskies' four losses this season, the team has totaled 33 points and has averaged 8.5 points per half.

Washington mustered just six points in the first half of its most recent game, a 28-25 loss against the Penn State Nittany Lions on Nov. 7.

The Huskies responded in the second half and outscored the Nittany Lions 19-0, but a faster start to the game would have resulted in a win and UW being bowl eligible.

If the offense can start strong, it should be enough to prevent the second-half dramatics for Washington that have seemed ever-present this season.

In the Huskies' two wins entering its game against Penn State, UW's defense allowed a combined 36 points (18 points per game).

In the first half alone against the Nittany Lions, Washington allowed 28 points. Three of Penn State's four first-half touchdowns came in the second quarter and took a combined six minutes, 33 second of time off the game clock.

The Huskies defense posted a clean sheet in the second half, and coaches and players said in the week following the game that the first-half struggles were do to people being out of position rather than any adjustment that needed to be made.

The Washington's running back room has continued to go through struggles this season with injuries and inconsistencies coinciding with the same factors on the offensive line.

Both units have significantly improved over the last several weeks, but the running back room will again be shorthanded with sixth-year Trey Cooley out due to a concussion.

First-year Brian Bonner and fourth-year Jayden Limar, who both will be available Saturday, have had standout games over the last couple weeks.