I played little league football in the 70’s we were discouraged from drinking water, lest we became 'Water Logged" Famously, Bear Bryant from Alabama pushed this
Then, the Florida Gators responded with ‘Gatoraide’
What happened then?
Florida started to win a lot of games, so everyone else started copying them.
I really hate to ask this. but CITE?
I guess that;s my question; I just can’t figure out the terms that I should be asking for.
naita
October 31, 2016, 8:47am
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Did you try wiki-ing Gatorade?
Ten players on the University of Florida football team tested the first version of Gatorade during practices and games in 1965, and the tests were deemed successful. On the other hand, star quarterback Steve Spurrier demurred, “I don’t have any answer for whether the Gatorade helped us be a better second-half team or not. . . . We drank it, but whether it helped us in the second half, who knows?”[9] Nonetheless, the football team credited Gatorade as having contributed to their first Orange Bowl win over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in 1967, at which point the drink gained traction within the athletic community. Yellow Jackets coach Bobby Dodd, when asked why his team lost, replied: “We didn’t have Gatorade. That made the difference.”[10]
Gatorade is an American brand of sports-themed beverage and food products, built around its signature line of sports drinks. The drink is manufactured by PepsiCo and is distributed in over 80 countries. The beverage was developed in 1965 by a team of researchers led by Robert Cade. It was originally made for the Gators at the University of Florida to replenish the carbohydrates that the school's student-athletes burned and the combination of water and electrolytes that they lost in sweat durin...