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JJ Watt and all of Wisconsin basketball fans might be taking a little break from Tator Tots.
The Wisconsin alum and NFL legend's temporary boycott comes after the Badgers basketball team's crushing loss to BYU, 91-89, in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday night.
"Boycotting tator tots for the next 48 hours," Watt tweeted not long after the devastating defeat.
What do Tator Tots have to do with Wisconsin's March Madness loss against BYU?
Richie Saunders, BYU's star player who lit up the scoreboard against Wisconsin on Saturday, is the great-grandson of one of the founders of Ore-Ida, which created Tator Tots, according to an article in The Sporting News.
Saunders even has an NIL sponsorship Ore-Ida.
Ore-Ida tweeted before BYU's first-round victory over VCU that it was giving away free tots if BYU won.
Watt, who was celebrating his 36th birthday on Saturday, addressed the Tator Tot connection with a video on the CBS broadcast ahead of the game. At that point the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year had a much different tune.
"That's impressive. He deserves a statue," Watt said in the video about Saunders' great-grandfather.
He also tweeted "have to honor and pay respect ot the kid on BYU who's great grandfather invented Tator Tots. Greatness is greatness. Man is a legend."
Saunders will be legendary around Provo, Utah, if he keeps doing what he did to Wisconsin in the NCAA tournament.
The senior scored a team-high 25 points on 9 of 16 shooting, including 3 of 4 from three-point range with seven rebounds and zero turnovers in 30 minutes. He was also a perfect 4 of 4 from the free-throw line.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: JJ Watt boycotting Tator Tots after Wisconsin basketball loss to BYU
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The Wisconsin alum and NFL legend's temporary boycott comes after the Badgers basketball team's crushing loss to BYU, 91-89, in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday night.
"Boycotting tator tots for the next 48 hours," Watt tweeted not long after the devastating defeat.
What do Tator Tots have to do with Wisconsin's March Madness loss against BYU?
BYU basketball's Richie Saunders' connection to Tator Tots explained
Richie Saunders, BYU's star player who lit up the scoreboard against Wisconsin on Saturday, is the great-grandson of one of the founders of Ore-Ida, which created Tator Tots, according to an article in The Sporting News.
Saunders even has an NIL sponsorship Ore-Ida.
Ore-Ida tweeted before BYU's first-round victory over VCU that it was giving away free tots if BYU won.
Watt, who was celebrating his 36th birthday on Saturday, addressed the Tator Tot connection with a video on the CBS broadcast ahead of the game. At that point the three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year had a much different tune.
"That's impressive. He deserves a statue," Watt said in the video about Saunders' great-grandfather.
He also tweeted "have to honor and pay respect ot the kid on BYU who's great grandfather invented Tator Tots. Greatness is greatness. Man is a legend."
Richie Saunders points vs Wisconsin
Saunders will be legendary around Provo, Utah, if he keeps doing what he did to Wisconsin in the NCAA tournament.
The senior scored a team-high 25 points on 9 of 16 shooting, including 3 of 4 from three-point range with seven rebounds and zero turnovers in 30 minutes. He was also a perfect 4 of 4 from the free-throw line.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: JJ Watt boycotting Tator Tots after Wisconsin basketball loss to BYU
Continue reading...
