A major university offers basketball star (but academic non-standout) Chachi a scholarship to attend their school. Fonzie is excited, but Roger and Howard not only fail to show the same enthusiasm, they become suspicious at the college's academic background.

While wife Marion recovers at home from a back injury, Howard Cunningham's temporary bowling partner, attractive, blonde Fern "Feel Good" Flagg, targets the staunch family man as her next good time.