been awhile

went to Cheyenne a few weeks back, and to San Antonio PBR this weekend.

Sighs

This cowboy fan is going to have to stop going to PBR Built Ford Tough events. With the corporate party line pushing coaches and helmets and mainstream sports figures through the mouthpieces of their blog, their announcers and their video trailers, it's just not a cowboy sport anymore.

I go for the cowboys.

So, as the year has progressed, I dropped the PBR blog from my Bloglines. I stopped going to PBRnow.com, and I have stopped spending money on merchandise.

It was a joy to see Flint looking healthy, and to see Chris Shivers and Cord McCoy.

The obvious prejudice against the Brazilians, though, and the blind efforts of the high brass to push riders like JB Mauney and Brian Canter (even when it's obvious that they didn't earn that re-ride) is enough to put me off my feed.

The Challenger events are still great, though, and there are rodeos aplenty.

I think we'll be spending our travel budget on stock shows this year

It's the end of an era, and it makes me sad. It also makes me want to say Cowboy Up, Boys, but there are so few cowboys left in the PBR that it's become meaningless.

It's a sad, sad and feeling old fan that I am tonight