if u drink 8 0z. of gatorade u have to drink 16 oz. of water or u can get dehydrated real easy. cause my friend just drank gatorade got really sick n football. and the doctor told him the the sugar bulids up on the lining of ur stomach or sumting and u get dyhadrated cause the water cant get to the important places. i dink everytime i pass a water fountain. i usually always have water with me and i drink u 24 oz. bottles a night if its not the night before a match