Haircut goes deeper than expected

Guard Julian Vandervelde sported a one-guard (or thereabouts) look Friday at Iowa's football media day.

There's a reason.

The last time he'd allowed his mother, Cynthia Tobin, to cut his hair, she used a dull pair of scissors and “it felt like she was pulling out chunks of my hair,” he said.

Two years later, and looking to save the cost of a haircut, Vandervelde thought why not? Mom had two years of practice on his dad, John Tobin, and he wanted to save a few bucks.

“She did great on everything, until she took the guard off,” Vandervelde said. “Then she took one of my sideburns. I've had sideburns since I was 14 years old. I've never gone without sideburns.”

So they decided to take the other one, even it out and let them grow back. Buzz. There went the other sideburn.

There's more.

“This is my mistake, I should've stopped here,” he said. “I should've said ‘We're done' and just gotten out of the chair.”

But, no, mom circled around and said: “This is a little uneven, I'm just going to even it out.”

Remember, she took the guard off.

“Nrrrrrtttt,” Vandervelde said. “Please mom, tell me there's a guard on that clipper. Nope. Went and looked in the mirror. It was terrible. I just said, ‘Take it all, just take it all.' And this is what we get for it.

“Never let your mom cut your hair unless she knows what she's doing. Experienced, licensed haircutters.”