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Rob Gronkowski’s dad: Gronk went to Arizona for the pool parties

Rob Gronkowski’s dad said Gronkowski went to Arizona for the pool parties.

Did you know party legend and sometimes-tight end Rob Gronkowski played college football at Arizona?

How exactly did Gronk choose the Wildcats over other schools? Allow his father, Gordy, to explain, via Vanity Fair:

Rob had something like 65 scholarship offers, and I asked, “Where are you going? Syracuse? Ohio State?” He goes, “University of Arizona.” I asked, “Why there?” “Dad, if you ever went to a pool party at Arizona, you’d understand.”

Gronk chose Arizona for the parties? That means he’s like literally every single other Arizona student in the history of American education. Of course, it doesn’t really matter where Gronk went to college. He is the party.

For example, not even freezing temperatures and no use of his hands can stop Gronk from drinking a beer:

Q.E.D.

- Rohan Nadkarni