Preseason in college football isn't shy when it comes to its storylines. The detail lacks the in-season minutiae generated by games and practice schedules, but plentiful predictions accompany the buildup and run-up to the first workout, practice and game of the hot summer afternoons. November can't exist without first passing through September or October, but the question about goals or expectations revive the celebrations that often lend credence and attention to names and faces brought to the debate's overall forefront.
Kicking off the formal preseason event, in turn, lends a temperature check for the barometer within every program's state.