TCU, Baylor fans take heed: Wisconsin faithful wonders if Badgers didn’t throw Big Ten title game
For many observers, Ohio State’s dominant victory over Wisconsin was a big part of why the Buckeyes got the final sport in the College Football Playoff.
The Buckeyes’ 59-0 victory left the Big 12’s TCU and Baylor out of the bracket, and a conspiracy theory was born. Badgers fans simply couldn’t believer their team played so terribly.
Personally, I think Ohio State’s win was due to the Big Ten being a terrible conference. For instance, the Big 12’s worst team, Iowa State, won at bowl-bound Iowa.
Here are some of the fun and crazy tweets:
Conspiracy theory - Badgers getting payed by Ohio State so they look better in the eyes of the selection committee.
— Randy Ten Pas (@tenpasrandy) December 7, 2014Big Ten execs told Wisconsin to lose big to Ohio State so that the #B1G would have a shot at gettin a team in the final 4. #conspiracy
— Snoop (@c_pain765) December 7, 2014Conspiracy theory: Wisconsin was in on making Ohio State look very good so a Big 10 team couldn't be left out of the playoffs
— Preston Yaggie (@pyaggie43) December 7, 2014This is legit real! A Wisconsin fan actually believes it was a conspiracy theory cause of how bad OSU beat them..LMAO pic.twitter.com/1HO950DdAE
— Beat Bama! (@rackemwillie513) December 8, 2014Conspiracy theorist in me makes me wonder if big 10 had Wisconsin lay an egg to get Ohio State in
— Un-American Idol (@TheJoshNetwork) December 8, 2014I'm pretty sure Wisconsin is rolling over to allow Ohio State in.....no way Ohio State is that much better than them..... #conspiracy #fishy
— michael hill (@MiKuS_31) December 7, 2014Conspiracy theory: Wisconsin threw the game yesterday to get ohio state in the playoff so the conference can get more money.
— :/ (@Yungsteezy_) December 7, 2014Top 5 conspiracy theories 1 JFK ASSA 2 Sept 11 3 Moon Landings 4 Secret Societies 5 Wisconsin throwing the OSU football game
— inurmindseye (@inurmindseye) December 8, 2014Conspiracy theory: Delaney told Wisconsin to tank to get OSU into playoff. @starkweather77
— J.H.Scramble (@JHScramble) December 7, 2014Beginning to suspect conspiracy to get a B1G team into the College Football Playoff. Never seen Wisconsin play this horribly in my life.
— Andrew Yde (@TheRealYdinho) December 7, 2014Hat tip to College Spun.
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