I’m assuming it’s a reference to the league office eliminating the game minimum to qualify for the conference title game when it looked like OSU might not hit that number of games. Even as a fan of the “affected” team, it was pretty clearly the right decision but I also get why there was backlash because it affirmed the notion that the league only looks out for the top teams. But those top teams bring in the most money, it’s not rocket science that the league would look out for them.
Even at the time, I didn’t care because if you gave OSU a forfeit loss, they’d still go to the title game on the head to head tie breaker over Indiana. Also, that would likely greatly affect their playoff chances, and they were clearly the best team in the league. It was a no brainer decision.