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 I was thinking about the NCAA tournament last weekend when two things occurred to me.

1. Hair – There is a noticeable lack of hair on display at the tournament.  Is there a Marine barber standing by in every locker room these days?
2. Uniforms – The whole sport of basketball will soon be played in pajamas if the shorts get any longer. When Magic and Bird squared off you could see not only a kneecap but a good deal of thigh too.

Now these observations would be little more than idle talk if they didn’t reveal a surprising trend: The longer the shorts get the shorter the hair gets. Is the NCAA responsible for this evolution in the use of scissors? The evidence seems irrefutable to me.  And since every rule has its exceptions, I would like to point out Matt Bouldin of Gonzaga who plays with both big hair and big shorts. It just goes to show what happens when you lose the scissors altogether.

In my family, Central Michigan alumni run rampant. My parents, sister and uncle are all CMU grads and proudly support the Chippewas every football season. This is rarely a problem between me and my boyfriend, a MSU Spartan named Howie.

He is an AVID (putting it lightly) MSU fan and alum and is constantly talking “smack” about how MSU has a premier football program. Michigan State has had Top 25 seasons consistently throughout the last 10 years. CMU has been decent the last 4 or so (but the love runs deep J). Central doesn’t have the quantity of a student section that Spartan Stadium boasts, but the pride and quality is the same.

So being the wonderful Fathead employee that I am, I purchased a Spartan Helmet for Howie, in hopes of revitalizing the basement as well as making him happy on gameday. And being that Central is a small school and there wasn’t a Fathead for them yet I felt this was an appropriate alternative.

To continue the saga, the mighty CMU Chippewas visited Spartan Stadium to take on the Spartans this year. I was optimistic at best. Sure we were the underdogs, but in that stadium, with that student section, and that history, did we really stand a chance? Howie and I decided to make the 60 mile trek west to find out for ourselves.

Long story short…CMU was victorious (I’m still gloating) and I’m now awaiting the delivery of my own Central Michigan University Fathead. I think I’ll put it above the MSU one to show superiority…what do you think??