I don't buy them throwing the game either...i almost used this exact same strategy in my conference championship game this season to try and confuse our opponent, who we knew would be covering off our dominant passing game. We also had a strong running game, and thought that this EXACT same strategy might work. I changed my mind about 90 minutes or so before the game and went to our bread and butter, but to claim this was "throwing a game" after they lost is just silly.
That said, if this was done to throw the game, I hope one of the mods or admins catches it, and if there aren't rules about this shady behaviour, I hope they come. Also, someone should link the point in this thread to Jed or one of the others where the OP posts a direct thread from his private team forum, get him suspended for a while.