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John Beilein compares call against Purdue to JFK conspiracy

ANN ARBOR -- On the eve of Michigan's rematch with Purdue, John Beilein was asked about the out-of-bounds call that was overturned in the final seconds of Michigan's one-point loss to the Boilermakers on Jan. 9.

In a light-hearted moment during Wednesday's press conference, Beilein, a former history teacher, compared the play to the conspiracy surrounding the murder of John F. Kennedy.

"They said there's a camera angle that I could not see that said it went off our guy's hands," Beilein said. "I've got to trust that the officiating crew made the right call, but it still probably will be right along, to me, like, 'Who shot JFK?