1. Coffee or some form of caffeine. The only way to start a good tailgate is early. 

2. A keg of your favorite beer and the largest cooler you can find. Bonus points if said cooler is painted. 

3. The perfect outfit. There’s nothing better than a blend of clothing items that show off your Villanova pride and those trendy, must have fall items that we have all stocked up on. 

4. Red solo cups and pong balls. 

5. Hard alcohol, because what's better than shots with those kind of random kids you once knew and are bound to run into again. 

6. The perfect Instagram filter for all the, “reunited and it feels so good” and, “back in action,” type instas that will appear. 

7. Good snacks to keep the buzz going longer before the blackout sets in. 

8. The perfect playlist. What’s better than setting the good-time mood with the perfect tunes, and perhaps a group rendition of “Wagon Wheel” with old friends.

9. Advil. Day drinking kills even the best of us, and everyone needs to be ready to rally to go out again Saturday night. 

10. Those best friends that technically graduated in recent years, but not really because they are still back all the time. #wildcatsforever