Who come home for work looking to watch triathlon races on OLN, but have to wade through 2 hours of bull riding, first, and then, give up, change the channel, until the triathlon stuff comes on?
OLN has this interesting theory, which major networks like ABC, NBC, and so on would never do, which is this: IT IS possible to program severe breaks in coach potato consciousness.
On NBC, you could drift from “Law and Order,” straight into “West Wing,” and not flick the channel one bit from the couch.
Not so on OLN. Who in their right mind could go from Lumberjackin to Triathlon to Indian Lore to English Rowing, never really knowing from week to week which one will pre-empt the other.
So, instead of fighting it, I’ve decided just to accept it: to accept bullriding and lumberjacking, as triathlon friends.
Just to help you through this, because we know not how many more weeks OLN will do bull riding before triathlon racing, here’s some questions you may run across as a new bull rider watcher:
No bull riders are bald. Yes, they all wear cowboy hats, but underneath, there’s never a baldie. How many of you have ever seen a bald bull rider out there? Not many.
Is it required to wear a cowboy hat on the ride? Why? If no cowboy hat, does the ride count? What if you wore a baseball cap, or golf visor?
you are not required to wear a hat. some guys wear hockey style masks. the reason you wear a lid, if not for protection is to keep your hair out of your eyes. remember these dudes are sponsored.
josh is the most popular name among the top ten riders. generally speaking names that start in “j” rule the day.
gary richards was a top champ and an african american. lee akin is on the tour now. there are actually a handful afro-american bull riders. fred whitfield is also a world champ calf roper.
My Roommate and I ended up on OLN watching Bullriding the other night. We just about jumped off the couch when this one nastly looking bull somehow launched himself 3 feet into the air and totally switched directions while in the air.
All I can say is those cowboys are nuts, not matter what their names start with. And the reason they aren’t bald is because they’re all about 24 years old… (that’s just a wild ass guess)
I don’t really like the idea that are doing something kind of mean to the bulls, but I do like watching it a little I have to admit. I saw one live at the Ford 100 Year anniversary. It was cool. The bulls were huge, it looked super dangerous.
I may be an exception but I like just about all the sports on OLN and I am a big rodeo fan. If you watch rodeo for a while and kind of get into it, you will see some similarities between it and triathlon. Both are fringe sports and people who aren’t into them think the guys who participate in them are completely nuts because they put themselves through things that most people would be afraid to do. Most of the “pros” in each sport make little or no money and basically do the sport because they love it and the lifestyle.
NFR is coming up. Dec. 3-12 on ESPN2 (the last 2 nights may be on ESPN). It’s kind of like the tour except every day starts and finishes in the same place and the French presence is absolutely zero. Joe Bob says check it out.
I propose we add bull riding to triathlon. Obviously we would have to drop one of the three sports in order for it to remain TRIathlon. How about we drop the swimming and go bike-bullriding-run.
I like it! Who will second that? Can I count on some support?