The postgame Gatorade shower was intended for Jeremy Pruitt, but Tom Allen was the one who soaked it in.
Usually, this victory ritual takes place on the winning sideline, or somewhere more confined to the winning team’s personnel. But after the 2020 Gator Bowl, there was a snag somewhere inside the natural order of this postgame rite, and Tennessee players didn’t find their coach until it was too late. Pruitt was standing at midfield, leaning in to embrace Allen when his players found it appropriate to lift the big, orange cooler and turn it upside down. Most of the frosty liquid fell on Pruitt’s shoulders, but plenty still cascaded onto Allen and left him sopping wet.