In the final minutes of West Virginia's big 48-28 win over Oklahoma yesterday in the Fiesta Bowl, interim head coach Bill Stewart received his first Gatorade bath. It was an exciting moment for the coach, who will take over as head coach for Rich Rodriguez next season full-time. But it serves as a reminder of the horrific incident back in 2000 when the head coach of a high school team in Arkansas was killed when his team doused him in Gatorade following their first win of the season.

As it turns out, the coach was highly allergic to Gatorade, especially Gatorade X-Factor Fierce Wild Berry Frost Rain, the flavor in the dispenser that day. "He had a severe allergy to Gatorade in general, but when you combine that with his allergies to water, berries, and fierceness, he had no chance," said family physician Gary Hardy. "I've been warning Gatorade for years they're putting too much fierceness in their drinks. And now they are adding X-Factor in as well? This stuff is gonna kill a lot of kids with allergies to ambiguous action verbs."

The scene unfolded in a horrible fashion as the coach was covered in the Gatorade right before the game ended, and proceeded to melt into a pile of steaming goo before his players eyes. His last words were "I'm melting! I'm melting! I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too!" It's unknown what that meant, but it's assumed it was a last inspiring message to his team that only they understood. Play was suspended on the field as everyone stood shocked. Many players and people in the stands vomited.

Paramedics attempted mouth to mouth on the steaming goo, but it had no effect. Then green winged #### wearing bellhop uniforms descended on the pile of goo and began eating it, forcing everyone else in the stadium who had not already done so, to vomit.

The team persevered though, and went on to win the state championship. They kept a little piece of their coach goo and put it in the tiny cup on top of the trophy. "It's what he would have wanted," said former QB Frank Yastremski. "He showed us you have to face the fierceness in the world, even if it melts you to sludge. That's a lesson I'll never forget...Probably because it was so horribly disgusting."