Entering a new season, there may be no greater thrill for the college football fan than to be prepared with the lowdown on the hottest storylines, names and trends. Certainly, you don't want to be caught spouting last year's conventional wisdom at this season's pregame gatherings.

Page 2's Hot 'n' Not list for college football
Category		Hot		Not
Heisman promotional campaign		Posters on buildings at other end of the country		Lame promotional mailings
Tailgate spot		Dockside at Washington		Domeside at Syracuse
Hot QB in the Carolinas		Woody Dantzler (Clemson)		Ron Curry (North Carolina)
Blood-boiling rivalry		Georgia Tech-Florida State		Alabama-Auburn
Player's academic violation		Plagiarism		Just letting the tutor write the paper
"He Hate Me" Heisman candidate		Chris Simms (Texas)		Joey Harrington (Oregon)
"Beach-football Heisman" frontrunner		Timmy Chang (Hawaii)		DeShaun Foster (UCLA)
Florida State's biggest problem		"at Clemson"		No QB
Please, give him more pub		Zak Kustok (Northwestern)		Eric Crouch (Nebraska)
Mecca for road-trip junkies		Kyle Field, College Station, Texas (Texas A&M)		Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. (UCLA)
Play-by-play motif		Slow-drawl rural metaphor		Shouting at the routine plays
QB to pity		Rex Grossman (Florida)		Major Applewhite (Texas)
Double-duty dynamo		Lito Sheppard (Florida)		Antwan Randle-El (Indiana)
Role for Julius Peppers		Sacking		Dunking
Poll to respect		Online by fans		Media
State of Florida coaching style to emulate		Spurrier's fire		Bowden's folksiness
State-school home-field asylum		Florida Field		Ohio Stadium
"Cripes, he's still in college?"		Nick Davis (Wisconsin)		Randy Fasani (Stanford)
Bandwagon team to root for		Oregon State		Virginia Tech
The Roy Williams to say you've "always liked"		The acrobatic Texas wide receiver		The hard-hitting Oklahoma safety
Tailgate debate fodder		Paterno: Stay or go?		Simms: Stay or go?
Sideline fashion statement		Visors		Starter jackets
BCS conventional wisdom		Stop whining		Not fair!
Player haircut style		Tight 'fro		Braids
Executive branch rooting interest		Longhorns		Vols
Payback time		Georgia Tech over Florida State		Oklahoma over Nebraska
"Me, Too!" Coaching Strategy		Spread offense		Stoops-style defense
Ken		Simonton (Oregon State)		Dorsey (Miami)
Functional accessory		Stick-'em gloves		Under-helmet 'do rags
"Remember me? I used to be somebody!" QB candidate		Josh Heupel (Oklahoma)		Drew Henson (Michigan)
"Who needs Drew Henson anyway?" QB candidate		Kurt Kittner (Illinois)		John Navarre (Michigan)
USC's best QB		Jason Thomas (now at UNLV)		Carson Palmer (now starting at USC)
What you'll be singing after the Rose Bowl		"We Are The Boys From Old Florida"		"Boomer Sooner"