Ah, decided to do a quick edit there when it dawned on you "As a judge" was an admission of authority on the subject.
Why would they hold a reunion on a weekend they KNOW those two coaches are busy? Who hols a reunion in October for an event that occurred in January? Someone sucks at planning...
Or someone who was planning didn't want him to be there? Passive aggressiveness? Like also scheduling it during the Florida game--the one team to whom we lost in '03?
Part of it is so they could acknowledge/honor the team at halftime of one of the games. They chose this one.