Onto the sport that oppressed Steve Alford

Believe it or not, the football season has started wintery hell spring practice, and looms only a few short months away. While that news undoubtedly doesn't sit well with Alford, it's great news in Iowa City. So the first news about a starter isn't about Jake Christensen at QB or the Albert Young/Damian Sims duo at RB... No, it's Brett Greenwood, currently named starter at free safety. What?? Who?!

Yep... Brett Greenwood, a walk-on redshirt freshman from Pleasant Valley has emerged as the starter at free safety over Marcus Wilson, who started for Marcus Paschal twice last season.

As the article notes, the move shouldn't come as too much of a shock; Greenwood was already on the team's road dress team, so he's no typical walkon. Nonetheless, one has to wonder if the door isn't wide open for Wilson to regain the spot--or for super prospect Jordan Bernstine to make an immediate impact during his true freshman year.