"It's good," Bode said. "I'm not sure whether they'll have fireworks before the game at Subi, or my face in cardboard cut-outs like they did for Roo, but it's certainly something that in 20 years I will be pretty proud of.
"Through the 80s and 90s (games) you look how long you have got to get there, and then you kind of think, 'oh well, it's only 100 games'. But it is something I am proud of.
"There's many a time throughout your career, whether it's form or injury, that you drive home from training and think 'that could be it'. That's really not a good feeling.
"It was certainly this time last year when it felt like the case. To be back this year and playing some reasonable footy, but, more importantly, really enjoying the team winning … it's good to be back."
Left-footer Bode, 27, played 29 games with Port Adelaide from 1998-2000 - he remains a close friend of Chad Cornes from their Glenelg (SANFL) days - and he's ready to play his 71st for Adelaide since and including 2001 after managing just two appearances last year because of a career-threatening shoulder injury that eventually required surgery.
Bode credits Adelaide coach Neil Craig with giving him the confidence to reignite his football career.
"I probably found the confidence from within the coach," he said. "This time last year he said if I go and have the operation there is a good chance they will pick me up, so I took the risk.
"I knew he had the confidence in me, so when you have a coaching staff that shows that sort of support and a group of players who show that support as well, it goes a long way."
The forward-line pressure hard-at-it Bode exerts on opponents with his chasing, harassing and tackling has become a source of inspiration for team-mates, and he is conscious of sustaining it while also trying to kick goals, often via clever crumbing.
"As I've said before, I judge my game a lot differently to other small forwards around the competition," he said. "I've worked really hard off the ball and I'm a communication, feed-back type of player so it's good to kick goals (18 in 15 games this season).
"I'd be lying if I didn't say I looked at my goal tally compared with small forwards, but I really do rate my work off the ball as highly as kicking goals.
"It might be feedback to other players, communication, my tackling, smothering, positioning to make sure I can get a block on ... all those things incorporated."
Bode said the top-of-the-ladder Crows welcomed the big expectations on them.
"We take it as a compliment," he said. "In previous years, it may have been the case of us maybe shying away from the fact that we are going in as favourites, so the whole mentality has changed within the group. We welcome it. We look forward to each challenge every week."
Mindful of West Coast having beaten Adelaide in four of their past five clashes, Bode said: "The last time at home, it was disappointing to lose that one (by two points in round two this season), and in the finals we were just out-played (by 16 points at Subiaco in last year's second preliminary final).
"We don't fear going to Perth. We won this year (by 11 points against Fremantle in round four) and we won last year, too (against West Coast by eight points in round 22).
"It is a great challenge for us. If we do beat them in the midfield, we won't necessarily win the game. We have to beat them all over the ground. It's not just our senior players who have to play well; it's very important that our back players try to get their benchmark and our rookies and crushers try to get their benchmark.
"Since round two our on-field leadership has improved a fair bit. It was reasonable, but now it has gone to another level. We've certainly improved our structures all over the ground, our feedback on the ground.
"If things get tough on the weekend, and they're probably going to, I'd like to think we'll be able to stay cool mentally and be able to communicate and give each other feedback."
