PBR FINALS DAY 2

BY GARY TURNER jmastalir@yahoo.com


TONIGHTS SCORE  BULLS 25 COWBOYS 13.....LAST NIGHT BULLS 24-15 !


THIS THEE NATIONAL FINALS AT THE THOMAS AND MACK....3 DAYS TO GO..


RANDOM THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS TO TONIGHTS EVENT.


STILL ONE OF THE WORLDS TOP SPORTING EVENTS.


STAFF...COWBOYS....BULL FIGHTERS IN PINK TONIGHT HONORING  BREAST CANCER AWARENESS....THE PBR FIRST CLASS  IN EVERY WAY.


LOT OF DONATIONS AND AWARDS AND DO GOOD STUFF.....LOVE IT.


THEY MANAGED TO TAKE 39.... EIGHT SECOND RIDES....THATS FOUR MINTES AND TWO SECONDS (HALF THROWN OFF EARLY) OF ACTION  AND MANAGE TO PUT IT INTO A TWO HOUR FORTY MINUTE PROGRAM.....SOME.... TOO LOUD IN THIS AND I REALLY NEVER NEED ANY BEATING OF THE DRUMS DURING ANY SPORTING EVENT AND SOME OF THIS DROWNS OUT TWO OF THE WORLDS GREATEST ARENA ANNOUCERS ?


FLINT RASSMUSSON ....ALL IN PINK TONIGHT WITH HIS BULL FIGHTERS AND STILL THE PENULTIMATE RODEO ARENA CLOWN.....SUPER ENTERTAINER....DOES A NICE JOB KILLING ALL THE ARENA TV DEAD TIME.


A HIGHER RANKED GROUP OF BULLS TONIGHT...STILL THEY DID NOT OVERPOWER THE COWBOYS....THE WORLDS GREATEST "BUSHWACKER" POSTPONED UNTIL THE FINALE.....BRADY SIMS WENT OFF EASY AND EARLY AND BUSHWACKERS UNDEFEATED SEASON CONCLUDES SUNDAY.


PBR ALWAYS DOES A GREAT PRE SHOW INTO TO THE PROGRAM ...ALWAYS DIFFERENT AND TONIGHT THEY HAD SOME BAD CAMERA ANGLES ON THE RIDER INTRODUCTIONS....SOME OF THEIR QUAD SCREEN HI DEF COVERS THIS.


LOTS OF STAFF MAKE THIS GO LIKE A SWISS WATCH.  THEY OPENED WITH A SPOTLIGHT ON BUSHWACKER...HE SAUNTERED OUT...DIDN'T MOVE BUMPED HIS HEAD INTO THE GATE AND LEFT.......HE IS DIFFERNET WITH A RIDER ATOP !


WHILE THE ANNOUNCERS WERE NOT DROWNED OUT BY THE LOUD MUSIC THEY DEFINED SOME RULES..AND DID IT WELL.....LOTS OF REPLAYS TONIGHT AND TWO OR THREE RIDERS CREDITED WITH SUCCESSFUL RIDES ON REPLAY TO THE TUNE OF....AS LONG AS THE RIDER IS HOLDING THE ROPE AND THE FREE HAND DOES NOT TOUCH....ITS A GOOD RIDE....ITS GOOD INFO WELL RECEIVED HERE...THANKS.


THEY HAD POTTED PLANTS ON THE CENTER STAGE...TAPED DOWN....DON'T KNOW WHY BUT IT GOT MY ATTENTION....MAYBE PART OF THE DRESS IT UP THEME !


THE PBR USES THEIR REPLAY REALLY WELL AND WE ARE TALKING HUNDRETHS OF A SECOND HERE....ACTUALLY HAD A 7.99 IN LAUGHLIN AFTER THREE REPLAYS....THIS EVENT THE FOURTH COVERED BY LVEN THIS YEAR....ST GEORGE...LAUGHLIN....LAS VEGAS TWICE....DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ENOUGH.


NICE ARTICLE IN THE LAS VEGAS PAPER BY RON KANTOWSKI ON HOW 21 YEARS AGO 10 RIDERS EACH THREW A THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECK IN A HAT AND STARTED THE PBR......LONG LIVE THE PBR.


COUPLE OF BIG SCORE RIDES TONIGHT.....MATT TRIPLETT 92 ON WALK OFF..........
AND.....POINTS LEADER JOAO RICARDO VIEIRA  90.25 ON JACK DANIELS TENNESSEE WHISKEY......THIS SECOND YEAR RIDER MADE IT LOOK EASY !


COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON HERE....FIVE EVENT ROUND COMPETITION AND SEASON FINALE....AFTER TWO NIGHTS ONLY SILVANO ALVES...MATT TRIPLITT AND TANNER BYRNE HAVE RIDDEN 2 BULLS....BYRNE THE WINNER OF THE GREATEST HEAD OF RED HAIR EVER FOR A BULL RIDER.


LVEN REPORTERS FRANK ARNOLD AND JOHN MASTALIR CONTRIBUTED TO THIS STORY.


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