And if you’re trying to make a shirt, WLOCP’ll probably get ya sued too. It’s been a 330 kick here lately at least in recent memory. The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party … Don’t know where that happens anymore outside of the “Red River Showdown” ? UGA took better teams to Jax and got beat. From beach-bum locals to frat-boy out-of-towners, dudes of every name, rank and serial number are boozing ... heavily. You know it’s going to be that way coming over the river on the buses coming into the stadium. Written by teamwerling . and now our son is a freshman there. I’m well versed in the Florida-Georgia game. So this year it’s FL-GA, in all likelihood next year it would be GA-FL https ://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dawgnation.com/football/dawgnation/further-review-georgia-florida-or-florida-georgia/amp, Regardless, it’s always the Cocktail Party and that both sides of fans agree on. As a result the game and associated revelry have been known as "the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party", a nickname first coined in the 1950s by Bill Kastelz, sports editor for The Florida Times-Union. “It’s neutral. It’s a really nice facility. There are just as many girls crying into cell phones. Our No. In Jacksonville, enjoy the famous “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party!” RETURNING THIS YEAR: come back wearing your pin for a free slice of pizza afterwards. But political correctness took over after some infamous alcohol-fueled incidents in the late-1980s. As I said, feedback that actually contributes to the topic of conversation is fine; I encourage that! The Knicks legend led Georgetown to an upset win over Villanova in the Big East tournament. By the mid-2000s, after issues related to alcohol consumption surrounding the game, the schools and the SEC decided to ditch the name as well. That’s my fraternity, and I’d bet I’m only slightly out of frame of the camera shot. This back and forth with the trolls is going to come back to bite you. I never thought that was a good idea, what with four contentious borders instead of two. I believe you are correct regarding the name change. Just relax, Jacksonville. Florida versus Georgia is one of the best rivalries in college football – and further proof that people from Florida and Georgia cannot agree on anything. Just wait until it’s time for you to move on and move up. No matter what the Gators or Bulldogs say, like most everyone with ties to Jacksonville, nothing will stop me from referring to this game as the Cocktail Party. #WarForTheOar pic.twitter.com/AbzSkr6Dd0, T minus 2 days until the #WarForTheOar. This weekend in Jacksonville. As for the NFL stadium, I’m quite proud that they actually have to add seats to a stadium that for a while had to cover seats for it’s primary tenant. Unofficially named “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party”, fans of both teams start arriving in Jacksonville and surrounding areas as early as a week before the game. It's half red, half orange and blue. Football and alcohol go together like gin and tonic. “It’s one that it doesn’t matter where you’re from. Crazy! The Bulldogs and Gators party together happily. “What are they going to do, fire me?” Lundquist joked. It’s the Georgia-Florida game to me.”. The World’s Second Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party doesn’t have the same ring. The NBA is at a breaking point with three-point shooting. But as far as Florida’s concerned, it ain’t gonna fly as any official moniker. This stops no one from imbibing enough to kill a small farm animal, if one is so inclined. The game attracts huge crowds and the associated tailgating and other events earned it the nickname of the “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party,” a moniker the city and universities have been trying to overcome for years. . “Oh a lot of people,” said Georgia long snapper and Jacksonville native Nate Theus, when asked how many people still use the cocktail party name. It’s bottles upon bottles of Tennessee sour mash. Where ever Florida plays, it is going to be the World’s Biggest Drunk Tank with the nastiest drunk fans of any school. And even Verne Lundquist — the former, longtime play-by-play announcer on CBS, the SEC’s premier TV partner — referenced the name a week before 2016’s edition. I had originally thought that they stopped calling it the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party because there must have been another even larger outdoor cocktail party somewhere in the world. I was thinking it was the River City Rivalry. Keep it outside. You can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig. The name actually flip-flops back and forth every year. Facebook. Worlds Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party Rundown HayHoysum November 01, 2019 This is a video I made of me recording one of my podcasts over the UGA vs. UF football game this weekend is Jacksonville! Absolutely correct, except it’s Georgia-Florida, not Florida-Georgia . No, we’re not talking about the 1904 game Georgia beat Florida Agricultural College (a predecessor, housed in Lake City, to the modern University of Florida). I think it’s a very unique setting. Here, have a drink. The Florida coeds are so dressed down with their cutoffs and flip-flops. You know it's going to be that way coming over the river on the buses coming into the stadium. All of that will happen Saturday in Oxford for Arkansas-Ole Miss, too. "We are not going to be able to prevent that tag from being used, but it is our responsibility to do everything we can to educate," McGarity said. The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party is just iconic. It was not an official attempt at a new name: That’s not an official name for the game, according to Alan Thomas, Georgia’s associate athletic director for external affairs. As far as college football rivalries go, Florida-Georgia — with only two exceptions, it’s been played in Jax since 1933 — is equal parts historic and heated. “I refer to it as Georgia-Florida,” Theus said, smiling. Of course, a window or two may be broken in the parking lot. Adama had to be a part of the opposition to whatever the fans wanted. Leaving in the morning. Feedback from the journalist is one thing. It's the largest outdoor cocktail party, or the Florida-Georgia Game... https://t.co/L2EH9Mw39G. "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" is the name of what has become one of the last "neutral field" rivalries in college football. [10] Kastelz claimed he came up with the name after seeing a drunk, stumbling fan offer an alcoholic beverage to an on-duty police officer. I also can’t write about it without wanting to punch someone and pull out of my hair, so I’m skipping to … The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party I realize I never posted about my second trip out of the five, but you honestly don’t want to hear about it. This isn’t something either school created internally, and they certainly haven’t promoted it. It’s half red, half orange and blue. The annual rivalry game between the Florida Gators and the Georgia Bulldogs may be known as "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party," but you'll never hear it officially labeled by the … However there can be times when he can’t just know that he’s right and move on. But there’s no panache here. Kastelz claimed he came up with the name after seeing a drunk, stumbling fan offer an alcoholic beverage to an on-duty police officer. Filed in September 5 (2006), the WORLD'S LARGEST OUTDOOR COCKTAIL PARTY covers Entertainment namely, live performances by a musical band WORLD'S LARGEST OUTDOOR COCKTAIL PARTY Trademark - Serial Number 78967208 :: Justia Trademarks This is one thing college does so much better than the NFL. It’s a way of life in Jacksonville. I respond to intelligent conversation with intelligent conversation, but don’t start a food fight and then wonder why you got hit in the face with a pie. You see it on Facebook and everything like that.”. As far as what they call it? I think it’s really unique. SEC officials be damned, the Sporting Dudes use common sense and will call it such. River City Showdown. I wish ‘em people would show some class when they drink before noon … As a professional (I’m sure you refer to yourself as one), aren’t you supposed to be above all this jawing back and forth? Having never been to one of the games I can't imagine moving a storied SEC tradition inside. Expectations: The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party “Yayhaw! Sales of paraphernalia with the new slogan were, in a word, disappointing. I just finished a long week of work, networking, and entertaining a house guest. October 28, 2015 at 5:00 pm. It shows how nonmemberable it is when I live here and don’t know. It’s one boring default. John Crist is an award-winning contributor to Saturday Down South. At the time, Greg McGarity was an assistant athletic director at Florida; now he’s the AD at Georgia. As a result the game and associated revelry have been known as "the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party", a nickname first coined in the 1950s by Bill Kastelz, sports editor for The Florida Times-Union. Let’s move on! The city could care less as long as the fan bases are spending money in the city. He admitted dropping the name was a Sisyphean task at best. It was also a lot of fun when they had the game at night a few times. I think it's really unique." “That’s not for me to really concern myself. . The game otherwise known as "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" between the Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs is one of the biggest rivalry games in college football. However, the logo for this game does switch every year, since the home team swaps each year. It takes place in Jacksonville, Florida, annually between the Universities of Florida and Georgia and almost always occurs on a fall weekend near Halloween. But with alcohol comes complications. The tailgating experience outside EverBank Field — it dwarfs a Jaguars game, obviously — is nothing short of mythical. “We do not allow our licensees to use the phrase World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, or anything with the terms war or battle,” a Florida spokesperson told SB Nation. Cincinnati win easy +3, I figured the line was off by 9 points, and the Bearcats roll Thursday, EVERYONE who asked GOT this Game for FREE! 0. It’s the Cocktail Party. So, this is the teetotaling attempt by some to have something that sounds like the old thing. A few years ago they asked the TV stations to stop using that nickname, but your not gonna wipe out years of history and an ingrained nickname with the fans. I haven't gone since 2007, but here is a fine example of a Florida fan. It’s legal for an NBA player to sit on his teammate’s shoulders... sort of. The game’s popular nickname, The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, goes back to the 1950s, It was not an official attempt at a new name, college football’s least predictable rivalry, 2007: The inside story of the greatest CFB season ever, The all-time ‘consensus’ national championships list, The evolutionary history of option football. “That’s a lot over my head,” McElwain said. More Free Picks this weekend!!! That’s what makes it so unique. Linkedin. RT for the winners of 3 of the last 4, the GEORGIA BULLDOGS pic.twitter.com/fOOZYgFw0r. In front of his typewriter after the game, Kastelz thought the appropriate name for the annual affair … and WON ! So throw out the record books on this one. Also known as “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party,” this event is a true testament to what college tailgating is about. The man behind the name: How Florida-Georgia became the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party By Will Sammon Oct 24, 2018 48 Florida linebacker David Reese is from Michigan. Patrick Ewing was ‘stopped and accosted’ at Madison Square Garden during Big East tournament. It always will be the Cocktail Party. The game gained and lost something when the Gator Bowl was torn down. None of the other journalists do this, nor have I seen journalists from anywhere else do this. pic.twitter.com/fkRA4kUXN5, What the hell is the river city showdown?!? The overwhelming majority of those tailgaters aren’t washing down their pulled-pork sandwiches and chicken wings with club soda. Hotels are booked a year in advance and finding a last minute place to stay anywhere near Jacksonville is almost impossible. According to legend, the nickname came courtesy of Bill Kastelz in the 1950s, when he was the sports editor at The Florida Times Union — I used to cover preps in Jax for that newspaper. Posted on October 30, 2008 | Leave a comment. The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. It's called The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Passive aggressive insults, well, that’s something else. It’s swapped by the student governments and displayed in the student union of the winning school between matchups. In 2017, a spokesperson for Georgia told SB Nation: “It's the Georgia-Florida game (or Florida-Georgia game from the Gator point of view).”. It doesn’t go according to the alphabet. One of my favorite games to watch every year, whatever it’s called. Teams are shooting more from deep than at any time in NBA history, and it’s causing problems. Google searches don’t yield conclusive results as to the origin of this attempt to name the game, and it’s not a very popular movement. ‘The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party’ is THE name of Georgia vs. Florida, Ayo Dosunmu is the star Illini basketball always needed. Ultimately though changing the name won’t change the game or the surrounding festivities. As an aside this is the single most enlightening opening sentence on anything I’ve read on SDS. “I just know it’s a great game,” Florida coach Jim McElwain said Wednesday on the SEC’s weekly coaches teleconference. Florida and Georgia are two of the best programs in college football, so the 2021 game will help determine which team may be playing in the SEC Championship Game and even the College Football Playoff. For 2018, Georgia is first. World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party This weekend we dropped the girls off with Ben's parents and headed down to Jacksonville, Florida for the Georgia/Florida game. GO DAWGS!! Legend has it, Jacksonville Times-Union sports editor Bill Kastelz coined the annual Georgia-Florida football game "The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" back in 1950s. It is a sweet nickname and one that is as unique as any in college football. It’s a drunk fest, so you might as well call it a cocktail party, the worlds largest at that. We may or may not have ruined the shocks on that pickup that day. The game’s popular nickname, The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, goes back to the 1950s: According to The Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, former sports editor Bill Kastelz first used the phrase in a 1950s column when he wrote about a drunken fan who stumbled up to a uniformed police officer and offered him a drink. The tag was officially dropped. As a vowels fan, I’m surprised your tiny little mind got that far. The police walk through tailgates and hand out Minor In Possession citations like they’re going out of style. The city thought it was catchy and eventually starting using the moniker as a way to draw even more eyeballs to the annual border war between the Gators and Bulldogs. Even though I’m a Florida State guy, I went to high school in the Jacksonville area. The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. I agree with your DawgNation writer, if you win the next year it should be your team – other team. "It's neutral. No, it’s gallons upon gallons of lifestyle beer. Fans on both sides still call it The Cocktail Party, as do people in Jacksonville. The Worlds Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party is an awesome name for an awesome rivalry. He definitely adds something to this site, and I wish more writers did this. (He was retiring anyway.). They’ve put in sideline safety zones outside the stadium offering water, first aid, and things of that ilk for all fans. Becky was our first house guest since moving in together and it was a blast. Correct me if I’m wrong …Jacksonville had nothing to do with the so-called name change, it was the schools involved? Both Machen and Adams were the one pushing to get rid of the cocktail party moniker. Then you must not have a Twitter account. 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Both student governments put their heads together and cooked this 10-foot oar up. I think that’s awesome. This might be the best attempt at renaming the game. I also like Munson’s simpler World’s Greatest Cocktail Party. The only thing that will change it up is moving the venue. Instead of caving to puritanical pressure, the city should be trumpeting its Cocktail Party tradition. There are just as many guys puking into trash cans. Not as terrible as your compliments, apparently. Then you maybe remember that brief time they split the fans up in quarters, instead of half the stadium. But cool story, bro. That fat fold in his head has hair in it...he couldn't get to that shit with a razor. For students, freshly graduated students, and other fans, it's an opportunity to fully embrace their college years in a dramatic party setting. How can you stage the "World's Largest OUTDOOR Cocktail Party in the Georgia Dome? Unfortunately, It’s not something either team runs and grabs and parades around the field after the game. I know the thing that really hit me the first year we played in it, coming over that Hart Bridge and just seeing the fans for both sides, it’s something pretty special.”, “I’ll be honest with you, I don’t get into that part of it,” Dawgs coach Kirby Smart said. I will never tire of the annual celebration that is the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Organizers can call it “The World’s Largest Outdoor Lemonade Stand” if they want, but it would do nothing to lessen alcohol intake. Now this is a game that is known as “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” and for good reason. The Georgia coeds are so dressed up with their sundresses and wedges. From beach-bum locals to frat-boy out-of-towners, dudes of every name, rank and serial number are boozing … heavily. The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party. Email. Big 12 Tournament 2021: Bracket, schedule, scores, teams, and more. I like to think of it as the first school is the one who owns the series record. Ben got the tickets a long time ago for his birthday so we (more Ben) have been waiting for this weekend. "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" This past weekend, we flew across the country for The FLORIDA/GEORGIA GAME--click here for more info. You must be logged in to post a comment. “I just know it’s a great rivalry and a lot of fun to participate in.”, “The fact that you come out the tunnel, it’s 50-50,” Smart said. It goes without saying that it’s prohibited to bring beer, wine or liquor through the turnstiles. I guess the do-gooders knew what was better for us again, and rescheduled the fair. I simply choose to do it here from time to time since there isn’t a more direct line to the readers themselves. Whatever they fail to consume in the parking lot, they pour into flasks, stuff down their pants and then dump into souvenir cups upon entry. The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party is just iconic. "We are aware of the problems in the past and will do everything we can to stop things from happening in the future.". World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party or not, Georgia and Florida fans still partying Matt Young , Chron.com / Houston Chronicle Oct. 31, 2015 Updated: Oct. 31, 2015 1:22 p.m. What once A Southern knitter's ramblings, is now a window into a life filled with change and simple pleasures Thursday, October 26, 2006 The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party But without the WLOCP distinction, the game is a matchup without a name officially. Good column. Forget fraternity houses or game day brunches, this tailgate is something entirely different then what the average college student is used to. I’ll neither confirm nor deny. Can somebody please tell me why they call the annual Florida/Georgia football game The Worlds Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.This game is between two college teams, which means most of the students attending the game are minors, and is this … “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party ... That’s right, at a frat party (one of our many stops). October 29, 2019. The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party is not called the River City Showdown. Still, there’s no pretense about what will go on in the parking lots outside of TIAA Bank Field this week. The neutral-site nature has a lot to do with that, as does the beloved brand. The World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party Each year Florida Gators and Georgia Bulldogs travel to Jacksonville to play each other on neutral ground in the Jacksonville stadium. In this case, you can change the name, but spirits in Solo cups and flasks will still be smuggled into the stands this Saturday during what’s historically been college football’s least predictable rivalry. He was surely to be against it. I also like Munson’s simpler World’s Greatest Cocktail Party. I’m going to about my 25th down in Jax this weekend. As far back as I can remember, and that goes to the early-1980s for this particular matchup, it has been referred to as “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.” While neutral-site games are more common now, this is one of the originals. @UF_SG President Joselin Padron-Rasines and @AlbertGator today. OBTW it was also nice when they had the fair in town at the same time. Absolutely beautifully written. In the last couple of years, merchandise with that name and logo appeared online. Instead he’s got to reply with something pompous and down-right snobby. Ridiculous event name. It’s one that they know that the Gators are going to play the Dawgs in Jacksonville. There isn’t much to do there, but that weekend is guaranteed to be a ton of fun from start to finish. The drive to Jacksonville is always filled with excitement and stories of past trips. Too wordy. We do allow them to be creative with their design elements for product being sold at retail.”. Fortunately, the River City Showdown stunt was laughed off a year ago. Captivating use of sensory images and storytelling. Twitter. Yes, there are going to be a few fights in the upper deck. Please sign in or register. The SEC loves to advertise the passion of its fan base — remember, “It just means more” — and gratuitously celebrates its tailgating ticket-holders that set up shop first thing in the morning, even for a prime-time kickoff. The stadium is already half Red and half Orange so there is no home field advantage. But now I'm tired and looking at a full week of work. I think it’s great the JC participates, especially when I disagree with him. Everyone in Jacksonville does. Well done. ‘Bout all we’ve had to hang our hat on the past 3 years. But, uhh, I swear it’s a thing. The Okefenokee Swamp straddles the border between the two states and is just northwest of Jacksonville. Stub Hub and E-Bay both sell tickets online under the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party label. This sort of interaction is hardly exclusive to me. 0. That shot in the beginning with the folks jumping up and down on the pickup truck? It is something to see the 50, 50 colors in the stadium. As far as attempts to name the game, War for the Oar is pretty good. [10] World’s largest outdoor gathering of redneck river rats. Regarding the Cocktail Party, does this picture from outside the stadium last year just scream "River City Showdown" to you? I’ve been to UF-UGA on several occasions, first as an impartial fan and later as a member of the media. But if you don’t, fine. Awesome! But it’s honestly a word-of-mouth thing more than anything else. In the ‘Worlds largest Outdoor Cocktail Party’. I could smell the booze and the puke in the air when I read this. They’ve done what they can to moot the atmosphere. He is gone now BTW thank goodness. 25th? Embrace it already. A very lame and minor thing. He points out that “licensees have used a number of references in the past around the game on product (including this one).” Georgia and Florida “have not designated any kind of naming to the game in any manner other than allowing licensees to create product bearing the marks in association with their other (artwork).”, A Florida spokesperson told SB Nation: “We do not allow our licensees to officially name/tag a game in a way that is used across the board. This 85 year old tradition has been nicknam ed the "World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party" because everyone comes to Jacksonville on Friday and tailgates all day Saturday before the big football game. — Barrett Sallee (@BarrettSallee) October 24, 2016 Normally your articles are terrible, but for once you are spot on. But it’s always the cocktail party, no matter what the PC police say. Brainfarted by J-Rod at or around 09:47. Kind of a big deal in our house since my husband attended the University of Florida . Stopped reading at “I’m a Florida State guy”…. Have a great time at the party and the GA/FL Game this year without the worry of arranging designated drivers or hiring cabs with the knowledge that, with the King and Prince, you have a safe ride to and from the game. Florida is a bunch of jorts wearing rednecks!!! It most certainly is still “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.” Call the booze fest what it is. Dubbed "The World's Largest Cocktail Party", the Florida-Georgia game is a weeklong celebration that allows alums to re-connect, reminisce, and, if they so desire, re-live their college years. 1 objective is to play our best game, play our best football. I got the chance to go to the game last year and see first hand the hundreds of thousands of people who turn up by car, boat, bus, and RV to tailgate and cheer on their teams.

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