Actually there is a lot know about Collins. As a high school player, he was the QB that won three straight state titles. He was recruited and accepted a spot at Univ of Penn., an Ivy league school, so he is smart. According to newspaper reports, he would have been their starter as a redshirt freshman but decided to transfer because a high school teammate came to TCU and talked him into transferring here. According to a interview with Coach P last spring, Collins was the scout team QB that played against TCUs defense last year and gave Coach Ps defense fits. Also we got to see Collins against Robinson in the spring game and there was no question that Collins was by far the better of the two QBs and the states showed that as well. After reading several of the newspaper articles that were written about the spring game, every writer came to the same conclusion, that Collins would be the starter for this season.
Now here is the problem, Cumbie did not recruit Collins, he recruited Robinson. So it appears to me that Cumbie is refusing to give Collins the start, I suspect that is because Collins will shine and Robinson won't get the starting job back until after Collins graduates. But that is just my opinion.
I don’t remember the news coming out about the spring game quite like you say it did (I didn’t see the game) but I do think Collins at least deserves a shot at more PT. Even if he comes in and stinks it up for a couple series it may serve to relax SR a bit. Just continuing to roll with a kid who is obviously struggling isn’t helping anyone or anything IMO.