Anyone else notice this stupid coincidence?
 
Rob Holmes sez...
><Brian Morris writes>:
 
>>The article adds that [Former UW player Dan] Plante hails from Hayward,
Wisconsin, home of the
>>Lumberjack Olympics, an old staple of ABC's Wide World of Sports.  In 1989
and
>>1990 he finished seventh and eighth respectively.
 
>If memory serves me correctly, his 89 and 90 finishes were for LOG ROLLING.
>I don't think he competed for the overall champ, but I could be wrong.
 
and a few days ago David Weinberg posted results of that inane poll of most
popular sports in the nation, which reads in part...
 
|>    89. Unlimited Hydroplane Racing.
|>    90. Log Rolling-Pole Climbing.
|>    tie. NCAA College Ice Hockey.
|>    92. Cutting Horse.
|>    tie. Dog Sledding.
 
neat, so one must've brought him as much notoriety as the other.  :-)