If you were yawning like me this morning, after staying up late to watch the Alabama Crimson Tide beat the Texas Longhorns for the BCS Championship, you also saw the Gatorade Shower of Coach Nick Saban that almost turned into a tackle by the pouring players.

But when did this wet tradition actually begin?

According to Mental Floss, the origins of the Gatorade shower is up for debate but the one who gets the most credit is Jim Burt of the New York Giants.  He apparently had the idea for the prank while the Giants were struggling during the 1985 season.  Then head coach Bill Parcells had been on Burt before a game against the Washington Redskins, and when the Giants won that game Burt playfully dumped a cooler of Gatorade on Parcells.

Read more about who hated the tradition - and when it turned dangerous - here....