Football's preseason becomes incredibly mundane by the time the second scrimmage kicks off. The excitement of the first week is all but gone, replaced by the repetitive tasks and drills of practice and film sessions. Bad habits are fixed, but new bad habits can emerge. Those are then fixed, and other habits rear their unsightly heads. However, the repetitiveness and fatigue are each a necessary evil.
The preseason is often filled with questions and hypothetical answers. The unknown, blank slate of the upcoming year ferries hopes and dreams across everyone's mind, especially for a program that scratched the tip of its iceberg last season.