Fans camped retired successful RV City among thousands who’ve traveled to Jacksonville for rivalry game

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Florida-Georgia shot crippled doesn’t footwear disconnected until Saturday afternoon, but plentifulness of events were scheduled for Friday.

That included the Florida-Georgia Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Luncheon was held successful the day astatine TIAA Bank Field.

The Class of 2021 includes erstwhile Gators moving backmost Ciatrick Fason and antiaircraft backmost Keiwan Ratliff, on with erstwhile Bulldogs linebacker Thomas Davis and violative lineman Jon Stinchcomb.

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Nearby astatine RV City, wherever hundreds of fans person acceptable up camp, determination was a decorating contention successful the afternoon. The recreational vehicles with the champion Halloween decorations and squad tone were judged.

Fans camped retired successful RV City among thousands who’ve traveled to Jacksonville for rivalry game
Fans camped retired successful RV City among thousands who’ve traveled to Jacksonville for rivalry game

“It’s tradition. Bring our household retired here, and we bash this together,” said Georgia instrumentality Henry Hinojosa.

Even though the Bulldogs are ranked No. 1 and the Gators are unranked, Florida instrumentality and tailgate seasoned Joe Clark said helium has a bully luck charm: his Gator-loving bulldog, Chance.

Look who we met! This is Chance. He's a Bulldog... who's a Gators fan!

A batch of the radical who travel to RV City twelvemonth aft twelvemonth get to beryllium truly bully friends. Some radical aren’t backmost due to the fact that operation has constricted capacity. One tailgater who’s been coming to RV City for years was bittersweet to study immoderate of the friends he’s made determination died from COVID-19.

It’s a bittersweet year, but the contented continues aft RV City was canceled past twelvemonth owed to the pandemic.

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Across the mode astatine 121 Financial Ballpark, the Gators and Bulldogs shot teams faced disconnected successful an accumulation game astatine night.

There was immoderate euphony down the thoroughfare astatine the VyStar Memorial Arena, wherever Luke Combs was performing. The amusement began astatine 7 p.m.

Saturday’s crippled kicks disconnected astatine 3:30 p.m.

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