Photos: Party continues in Jacksonville for Georgia-Florida game

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Photos: Party continues in Jacksonville for Georgia-Florida game

A look in and around Jacksonville as fans arrive and party on the eve of the big Georgia-Florida game.

Georgia fans cheer for the Dawgs during the GA/FL Celebration at the Jacksonville Landing the night before the Georgia vs Florida NCAA college football game on Friday, Oct 26, 2018, in Jacksonville. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

Georgia fan Meghan Scott reacts as her daughter Harper, 1, dances to the music during the GA/FL Celebration at the Jacksonville Landing the night before the Georgia vs Florida NCAA college football game on Friday, Oct 26, 2018, in Jacksonville. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

Fans are arriving in big numbers in Jacksonville for Saturday's Georgia-Florida game. Georgia fan Diane Bishop decorates her RV like Christmas asking Santa for an SEC title while tailgating Friday in the RV Park outside TIAA Bank Field. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)

Georgia and Florida banners fill the RV Park outside TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)

Henry and Elan Simmons of Warner Robins are a family divided. He is rooting for Georgia and she went to Florida. (Bob Andres/bandres@ajc.com)

Another family divided: The Rogers family of Orlando have split loyalties in Saturday's game. Dad Bryan (left) is pulling for UGA while mom Kelly roots for Florida. Kids Greyson, 5, and Annastyn, 3, are still making up their minds as they do the chomp with fellow fans. (Bob Andres/bandres@ajc.com)

"Bailey" puts the bite on a gator toy provide by his owner, Levon Kitchens of Macon. (Bob Andres/bandres@ajc.com)

A Florida Bulldog? Georgia fan Brian McGugan of Grayson stops to have his picture taken with Kerrie Sessions' Florida Bulldog named Meatloaf while tailgating in the RV Park outside TIAA Bank Field Friday. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)

Sugar, a bulldog owned by Georgia fans Holly & Kenny Lemelin, faces off with a Florida Gator in the RV Park outside TIAA Bank Field. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)

Florida fans Cam Hilgenberg and Makenzie Fish get their chomp on while tailgating Friday. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)

D.J Palmer (from left), Chris Lucero and Chris Gouge load up their smoker for tomorrow's tailgate at the RV Park. Their loyalties are split between Georgia and Florida. (Bob Andres/bandres@ajc.com)

Florida fans Billy McIver and Becky Bowen decorate their RV with a scary Holloween theme. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)

A Georgia fan checks out the oversized tires on the golf cart of a Florida fan while hanging out in the RV Park Friday. (Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com)

Gator fans do the Gator Chomp on a mobile bar table. (Bob Andres/bandres@ajc.com)

Football fans from Athens gather at the Jacksonville Landing for the Georgia Florida Celebration in Jacksonville ahead of the Georgia vs Florida football game at TIAA Bank Field on Saturday. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Eric Turner (from left), Jeanette Lay and Eunice Thomas, all from Atlanta, dance to the music of a DJ at the Jacksonville Landing during the Georgia Florida Celebration ahead of the Georgia vs Florida football game at TIAA Bank Field on Saturday. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Audree Brown, 8, from Macon, and Harper Scott, 1, from Warner Robins, dance to the music of a DJ at the Jacksonville Landing during the Georgia Florida Celebration ahead of the Georgia vs Florida football game at TIAA Bank Field on Saturday. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

Georgia fans cheer for the Dawgs during the GA/FL Celebration at the Jacksonville Landing the night before the Georgia vs Florida NCAA college football game on Friday, Oct 26, 2018, in Jacksonville. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

Georgia fans cheer for the Dawgs during the GA/FL Celebration at the Jacksonville Landing the night before the Georgia vs Florida NCAA college football game on Friday, Oct 26, 2018, in Jacksonville. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

Georgia and Florida fans take in the GA/FL Celebration at the Jacksonville Landing the night before the Georgia vs Florida NCAA college football game on Friday, Oct 26, 2018, in Jacksonville. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

Georgia and Florida fans take in the GA/FL Celebration at the Jacksonville Landing the night before the Georgia vs Florida NCAA college football game on Friday, Oct 26, 2018, in Jacksonville. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

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Georgia fans cheer for the Dawgs during the GA/FL Celebration at the Jacksonville Landing the night before the Georgia vs Florida NCAA college football game on Friday, Oct 26, 2018, in Jacksonville. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com

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