10. Maybe it won't rain...actually, never mind.
9. The pep band will perform its only athletic event of the year when they march in the parade.
8. Watch the homecoming queen nominees who don't win gang-beat the winner.
7. You, yes you, could win a total sham of a halftime competition where the prize is free tuition, room, board, and a brand new BMW!
6. Elliott Wiley Jr. returns from his high profile producing job at ESPN. (Hide the freshmen girls.)
5. Homecoming spectators will get to watch three sports at once from the bleachers: football on Zimman Field, soccer on Kraft Field, and binge drinking in the empty-nameless field.
4. Watch the alumni from the class of 1948 throw back the beers like they're 20, err 21, again.
3. Pretend for a day that we go to a Div. I sports school.
2. Word has it that after Wesleyan alum Bill Belichick's appearance last week, former Bates Bobcat Bryant Gumble will be announcing the football game live on ABC.
1. When else is it permissible to master Bates in public?
