Huge beach party before Ga.-Fla. game leaves mess

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. (AP) Volunteers are cleaning up St. Simons Island after a sprawling beach party the night before the Georgia-Florida football showdown. <br /> <br /> The Florida Times-Union reports local officials estimated as many as 10,000 people, many of them University of Georgia students, crammed a half-mile stretch of beach Friday to celebrate before heading to the game in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday. <br /> <br /> County workers started using front-end loaders to collect garbage as soon as police began clearing the beach Friday night. More than 100 volunteers were scheduled to help clean up the rest Saturday. <br /> <br /> Some said the Friday crowd appeared to be the largest ever for St. Simons' annual pre-game party. Halloween added some extra color, with some party goers dressed as bananas, pizza, Roman soldiers and a giraffe. <br />

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