# Gatorade baths **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gatorade-baths/929346 "2020-12-31T12:28:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@Dinoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinoguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gatorade-baths/929346/1 "2020-12-31T12:28:03Z")
I think Gatorade baths are getting out of hand, they have not only spread to other sports, but yesterday coaches got mayo and cheeze-it showers. Not to mention the ridiculous “Mayo” and “Cheeze-it” bowls. If I were a football player I’d be darn embarrassed to play in one of those (of course most of them have turned into big advertisements for the sponsors). I got to thinking though, if they hadn’t been banned we might be watching the “Camel Cigarettes’ Bowl.” Actually, the “Jack Daniels” bowl might jus be an improvement. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gatorade-baths/929346/2 "2020-12-31T12:34:09Z")
Just be glad there was never a Drano Bowl. ---
**Author:** ![Dinoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@Dinoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinoguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gatorade-baths/929346/3 "2020-12-31T12:46:17Z")
That one deserves an LOL! ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gatorade-baths/929346/4 "2020-12-31T12:48:41Z")
What? You wouldn’t be flush with anticipation? ---
**Author:** ![Dinoguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@Dinoguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinoguy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gatorade-baths/929346/5 "2020-12-31T13:01:56Z")
I can see the headlines now : “Notre Dame just got flushed.” ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gatorade-baths/929346/6 "2020-12-31T13:45:58Z")
> [@Dinoguy](#): > > Actually, the “Jack Daniels” bowl might jus be an improvement. Everyone in the huddle has to do a shot, before every play. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gatorade-baths/929346/7 "2021-01-03T16:17:26Z")
I’m hoping a wiseass player interviewed on camera after one of these things makes a point of repeatedly saying how it was always his dream to play in the Poulan Weed Eater Bowl. As for Gatorade baths, they’ll continue until the first coach dies of pneumonia blamed on exposure to a freezing cold Gatorade drenching. Although that probably wouldn’t do it, seeing as how players still pile on teammates after a scoring play despite the history of injury to the unfortunate bozo at the bottom of the pile (Ohio State fans can relate, after their star player was knocked out of a national championship game by an early over-celebration). ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gatorade-baths/929346/8 "2021-01-03T19:04:19Z")
> [@Dinoguy](#): > > If I were a football player I’d be darn embarrassed to play in one of those When you are a player more football is a good thing. When it comes with a free trip somewhere nice and a [bunch of gifts](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sec-football/bowl-game-gifts/amp/) it’s even nicer. Plus it’s also a chance to play on ESPN and have all of their friends and family watch them. Unless you’ve got a guaranteed high draft spot there is no reason to skip a bowl. Though as a player I was happier to play in a playoff system where we got more games and travel and a chance to earn our way to a title. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gatorade-baths/929346/9 "2021-01-03T19:32:15Z")
> [@Dinoguy](#): > > If I were a football player I’d be darn embarrassed to play in one of those Why? All the bowl games have sponsors, and the names have been ridiculous for decades. I can’t imagine giving a crap what the name is. The only level of embarrassment is when a team gets demolished. And even then, they’re getting one last chance to show off their skill to the scouts. Are you also the type of person that is mortified at the thought of being seen checking out a “Complete Idiot’s Guide to…” book at a bookstore? ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gatorade-baths/929346/10 "2021-01-05T16:39:25Z")
Obligatory Cabin Boy reference: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JxxNvfVfDB0/maxresdefault.jpg "THESE PIPES, ARE CLEAN!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxxNvfVfDB0) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gatorade-baths/929346/11 "2021-01-05T16:43:59Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > As for Gatorade baths, they’ll continue until the first coach dies of pneumonia blamed on exposure to a freezing cold Gatorade drenching. It already sort-of happened, 30 years ago, to coach George Allen. > [@](#): > > Allen’s death may have been indirectly caused by a Gatorade shower. He died on December 31, 1990, from ventricular fibrillation in his home in Palos Verdes Estates, California, at the age of 72. Shortly before his death, Allen noted that he had not been feeling well since some of his Long Beach State players dumped a Gatorade bucket filled with ice water on him following a season-ending victory over the UNLV on November 17, 1990. He remarked that the university couldn’t afford actual Gatorade. > > The sports editor of the Long Beach State newspaper, the _Daily Forty-Niner_ , was on the field that day and recalled that the temperature was in the 50s with a biting wind. Allen stayed on the field for media interviews for a considerable length of time in his drenched clothing, and boarded the bus back to Long Beach State soaking wet. > **[George Allen (American football coach) | Death](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Allen_(American_football_coach)#Death)** > > Allen died at age 72 from ventricular fibrillation in his home in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on December 31, 1990. > There was some speculation afterward that his death may have been caused by a form of Gatorade shower. On November 17, some of his Long Beach State players dumped a Gatorade bucket filled with ice water on him following a season-ending victory over UNLV; in an interview some weeks later, Allen quipped that the university couldn't afford actual Gatorade, and said that he had f...