My experience is over a decade ago, so Badow likely has better info. But when the wife and I went the local Gator club had a convention hall near the stadium as an O&B pep rally type area which was nice. So yeah, tailgating with the local club is possible, just need to identify where.
Can only recommend dining at California Dreaming. Great family environment, great food.
The Chimp always seems to have at least one mind numbing loss (how did he lose to those guys?) and at least one totally out of no where win (how the hell did he win that?) per year. Chimp gonna Chimp.