#3: what happened last year when we hung our WR hopes on a guy who has never played a snap as a Buff? I hope Clemons and Patterson are all that and a bag of chips, but until somebody not named Scotty catches a pass in a game, I'm not going to say CU is improved at WR. BTW, love Scotty's game...
You're right - that point is a bit unproven. I was pretty vociferous last year during the Andre Simmons watch in August that we should expect a lot. Still, we are more experienced that last year by a lot at WR. Last year we had McKnight, a Juco with 1 year of experience at WR at any level (Simmons) and Simas (0 snaps of D1), and WillJeff a true freshmen. WillJeff and Clemons didn't have the summer.
This year we have McKnight, the same Juco with another year.
We have Clemons who has 2 years at Michigan, and 1 year redshirting in the Buff season including a spring.
We have Simmons who now has a season and a spring.
We have WillJeff who now has a season and a spring.
And we throw in Patterson who only has been at USC for 4 years and played in three seasons.
We throw in Darden, with a RS season and a spring/summer.
We throw in Celestine, who played here as a true freshman. (that was the problem of course - we have so lacked playmakers that any "body" with speed got PT. Celestine and Josh Smith are examples. Will Jeff also. I think this is my point. An incoming freshmen with speed wouldn't crack the lineup this year unless he was unreal. First time in a long time at WR.
I'll with-hold the "we are better" at WR position for now, (because you're right, we don't know if these guys can play or if the returning guys have improved) - but we are definitely a lot more experienced.
And I won't mention Cefalo because I know how much walk-ons piss everyone off. But that dude looked good in the spring game. I think he will spell Scotty quite a bit this year.