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‘The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party’: Football party culture through the years | Arts & Culture
It’s that time of year again. The Georgia Bulldogs will make their way down to Jacksonville, Florida, just in time for the game with their historic rival, the Florida Gators. The party culture during this weekend is at a fall semester high with students drinking and getting rowdy in preparation for the game, known as the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. The Red & Black has covered the Georgia-Florida rivalry since the game’s inception in 1915, so a dive into the archives helps put the pieces together to demonstrate the evolution of this fanatic celebration. 1930s The Red & Black reported on various “social items” in a November 1930 paper,…