Bulls
1. What will we see from Bushwacker? He's still throwing them off every single time, but the fireworks are greatly missed. He might need to break them out again if he is going to stop being upstaged by you-know-who (who won't be there this weekend).
2.Given the opportunity, will After Party get the better of Silvano Alves again? You know I love this bull, so I'm going to say yes, even though I know that Silvano is probably too good to keep getting thrown off here. I don't think Silvano will pick him. When possible, Silvano stays away from bulls he isn't sure he can ride. And no, that's not a criticism, or at least I don't think it is. My next question was going to be: Will he pick 615 Perfect Poison again? But 615 isn't on the roster. (5403 Perfect Poison is, though.)
3. As for After Party, will he get bucked in both short rounds again? I'd like to see this little bull get a little break, maybe a weekend off. He has earned it.
4. What will we see from Immigrant? Circle T just bought this bull, who has appeared in three BFT events this year, and was ridden once in four outs. That once was for 91.25 by Robson Palermo.
5. What will we see from T-Rex? Another new Circle T bull, he made his first appearance in Milwaukee and surprised everyone, including Circle T. He was on the roster for last weekend, but didn't go out. Check out the right sidebar for the video from Milwaukee.
6. Katich-bred Smackdown and Wild n' Out will both be there. Who will get ridden? Probably Wild n' Out, for a ton of points. But if Smackdown does, it will be for more-than-a-ton.
7. Will Stanley FatMax get any credit for having once been the bull named Stubby? Stubby got a lot of attention. Stanley FatMax, not so much. It feels like Stubby is being done wrong. First getting a worse name, and then losing his street cred. I find myself resenting Stanley FatMax for doing away with Stubby, and feeling sorry for Stubby for having disappeared. I'm having some kind of serious mental problem here.
The Round Two Short Go looks like this:
- Toy Soldier
- Stanley FatMax (who used to be Stubby)
- Speckled Ivory
- Pandemic
- Moon
- After Party
- How We Roll
- Hee Bee Gee Bee
- Wild n' Out
- Billionaire
Riders
1. Will Ben Jones make it back from concussion after-effects this weekend?
2. Will Valdiron de Oliveira return to riding form? He's ridden only two of his last ten bulls since the concussion a month ago.
3. Which Ryan McConnel will show up? He's ridden seven of his last ten. Before that, not so many.
4. Is Austin Meier back on his game?
5. Will Aaron Roy continue to rise in the standings? He's in 11th right now, and won last week's championship round.
6. What's up with the strugglers? J.B. Mauney, LJ Jenkins, Dustin Elliott, where the heck art thou?
