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#SportsMonday: When Purdue walked into Michigan Stadium, it claimed it was facing an unfair fight. Not because the No. 3 Michigan football team has largely the same roster that shelled the Boilermakers 43-22 in last year’s Big Ten Championship, nor because Purdue (2-7 overall, 1-5 Big Ten) has struggled this season under new coach Ryan Walters. Instead, the Boilermakers believed Michigan had their play calls as part of ongoing sign-stealing allegations, and Walters was outspoken about this advantage on his Thursday afternoon radio show. “What’s crazy is they aren’t allegations. It happened,” Walters said Thursday. “There’s video evidence. There’s ticket purchases and sales that you can track back. We know for a fact that they were at a number of our games.” When Saturday rolled around, Walters had to own up to what he said. As Michigan (9-0, 6-0) faced a Purdue squad whose coach questioned its morals, the Wolverines trounced Purdue 41-13 in response. Michigan’s win didn’t have the ...

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