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Gatorade Invented at Florida St.

With all the recent talk about hydration I thought we should give a little credit to the University and their researchers that developed the most popular sports drink in the world, Florida State. Yes I know popular belief is that it was the University of Florida who developed it, hence the name Gatorade. The truth is Florida State took the lead in development and research and Florida had limited input in this rare joint effort , but in the end, before the product went public, a big name change was made. Why? Why would Florida State agree to let their rival school take credit and put their name in the product, Gator-ade? Testing showed that the public just didn't respond well with the name Florida State had been using: Seminole Fluid. And that's the rest of the story.

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BuckeyeTilIdie on 13 Sep 2012 - 8:13am #

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... I see what you did there!

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gosolow2000 on 13 Sep 2012 - 8:15am #

+1000000000000000000000000000000ⁿ

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btalbert25 on 13 Sep 2012 - 9:09am #

Every time I've gone to Florida it seemed like a lot of the general population loved Seminole Fluid

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steensn on 13 Sep 2012 - 9:46am #

Honestly, I was thinking "what a stupid post and waste of a thread..." and then you brought it home. Bravo...

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Poison nuts on 13 Sep 2012 - 10:18am #

Nice.

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Sofa Kingdom on 13 Sep 2012 - 10:20am #

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TheBadOwl on 13 Sep 2012 - 11:45am #

+1

I wouldn't cheer for Michigan if they were playing the Taliban.

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D. Anthony on 13 Sep 2012 - 4:46pm #

I love Gatorade but I wish Ohio State would develop something better... Ohio Staterade?

D. Anthony

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otrain2416 on 13 Sep 2012 - 9:34pm #

This is awesome

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jestertcf on 13 Sep 2012 - 9:49pm #

Paul Harvey would be proud. LOL. Did not see that coming.

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