Toughest Cowboy
Toughest Cowboy presented by Jagermeister
News Release
Contact: Ann Bleiker – 719-226-2009 (office)
February 27, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FSN to air Toughest Cowboy playoffs this weekend from Music City
DENVER - The Playoffs for the 2008 World's Toughest Rodeo featuring Toughest Cowboy presented by Jagermeister, rolls into the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn., and Fox Sports Network (FSN) will broadcast all the exciting action beginning Saturday at midnight. Following seven regular-season stops it is time to separate the men from the boys in this one-of-a-kind ironman of rodeo event. This revolutionary rodeo competition is the only tour where each cowboy must ride two broncs and a bull in one night. The match winners in Nashville will advance to the Championship in Columbus, Ohio, and will move one step closer to answering the burning question, "Who will win Jager Ranch?"
The match-up that everyone is talking about is actually the top seeded cowboy, Bandy Murphy, going against the eighth seeded cowboy Chad Eubank. Eubank, who returned to the Tour last week in St. Paul following a knee injury to B.J. Schumacher, is likely to be a big threat as he has nothing to lose and everything to gain. With the playoffs setup as a winner take all type format, meaning the winner of each match will advance to the Championship round in Columbus, it is really anyone’s game and everyone better come ready to ride as there are no guarantees.
The second seeded cowboy Shane Proctor of Powell, Wyo., will face the seventh seeded cowboy Jared Green of Socorro, N.M. After a disappointing finish in St. Paul, Green will be looking for a little redemption in Nashville, while Proctor hopes to keep his momentum going on his quest for Jäger Ranch.
In the three versus six seed matchup it will be Erik Wolford of Clinton, Mich., doing battle with Clovis Crane of Lebanon, Pa. Crane, who is sponsored by Jägermeister, would like nothing better than to win Jager Ranch, while Wolford, who is sponsored by Wrangler, is determined to stop Crane in his quest for the title. Either way one of these two will move one step closer to winning the ranch following the stop in Nashville.
The final matchup in the Playoffs pits Trey Broussard of Esterwood, La., against Nelson Tsosie of Farmington, N.M. With the closest seeding, this match-up should be good watching.
Fans can watch each exciting episode of Toughest Cowboy weekly on several FSN affiliates in primetime (day and time depend on each affiliate) and at midnight every Saturday nationwide, please consult local listings or log onto www.toughestcowboy.com for times in your area. Each show will take fans into the heart of the action to savor the triumph, suffer the anguish and share the intensity of the ultimate challenge that is Toughest Cowboy. Nowhere else will you see eight cowboys riding bulls and broncs all in one night in the same arena in a match style format.
Rodeo is among the fastest growing sports in America, and Toughest Cowboy presented by Jägermeister is revolutionizing the sport by introducing an exciting and innovative format to new audiences in venues across the United States. Unlike other rodeos where riders usually compete in just one discipline, Toughest Cowboy is an unprecedented test of endurance as all competitors must ride in three disciplines in one night (Bareback Riding, Saddle Bronc Riding and Bull Riding). The events feature head-to-head matches throughout the season leading to the playoffs and championship…ultimately crowning someone the Toughest Cowboy Champion.
Toughest Cowboy is a true test of endurance and strength and only the strong will survive. Each competitor must come ready to ride both bulls and broncs every night eight seconds at a time. In the end, one competitor will be crowned the champion and become the new owner of Jager ranch.
For more information on this rodeo revolution and a list of broadcast times in your area visit www.toughestcowboy.com.
"Who will win Jäger Ranch?"
Overall standings after St. Paul - tournament 7 (standings based on wins and then total points):
1. Bandy Murphy, 23 wins, 1654 total points
2. Shane Proctor, 21 wins, 1557 points
3. Erik Wolford, 18 wins, 1466 total points
4. Nelson Tsosie, 15 wins, 1263 total points
5. Trey Broussard, 13 wins, 1357 total points
6. Clovis Crane, 11 wins, 1304 total points
7. Jared Green, 10 wins, 1085 total points
8. Chad Eubank, 5 wins, 892 points
TOURNAMENT 8 MATCH-UPS
Sommet Center, Nashville, Tenn.
Match 1
Chad Eubank, Cleburne, Texas (5 wins) vs. Bandy Murphy, Weatherford, Okla. (23 wins)
Match 2
Jared Green, Socorro, N.M. (10 wins) vs. Shane Proctor, Powell, Wyo. (21 wins)
Match 3
Clovis Crane, Lebanon, Pa. (11 wins) vs. Erik Wolford, Clinton, Mich. (18 wins)
Match 4
Trey Broussard, Estherwood, La. (13 wins) vs. Nelson Tsosie, Farmington, N.M. (15 wins)
About Grit Rock Rodeo
Grit Rock Rodeo is one of the largest producers of live and televised rodeo events in the world. Grit Rock Rodeo owns the World’s Toughest Rodeo, a national touring rodeo that consists of World’s Toughest Bulls and Broncs and Toughest Cowboy. Toughest Cowboy, a revolution in the sport which featured 8 cowboys riding 3 times in a performance, was carried in 2007 on Fox Sports Net nationally on Sunday nights. Grit Rock Rodeo also owns the license rights to the Wrangler ProRodeo Tour, which is the premier Tour of the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association. The 2007 Wrangler ProRodeo Tour and the Ariat Playoffs of the Tour aired nationally on Fox Sports Net and CBS Sports.
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www.prorodeotour.com
www.bullsandbroncs.com
About AEG
AEG is one of the leading sports and entertainment presenters in the world. AEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Anschutz Company, owns or controls a collection of companies including facilities such as STAPLES Center, Toyota Sports Center, Toyota Park, NOKIA Theatre Times Square, NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie, Hollywood’s El Rey Theatre, Seattle’s WaMu Theatre, Minneapolis’ Target Center and the just opened The O2, a 28-acre development located in the eastern part of London along the Thames River which includes a 20,000 seat arena and over 650,000sf of leisure and entertainment use; sports franchises throughout the world including the Los Angeles Kings (NHL), Los Angeles Riptide (MLL) and three MLS franchises in addition to overseeing privately held management shares of the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA). AEG developed and operates The Home Depot Center, a $150 million national training facility on the Campus of California State University Dominguez Hills in Carson, California designated as an “Official U.S. Olympic Training Site” by the United States Olympic Committee that includes major facilities for soccer, tennis, track & field, cycling, lacrosse, rugby, action sports, beach volleyball, basketball and other sports.
The company's live entertainment division, AEG LIVE is one of the world's leading concert promotion and touring organizations that has recently promoted national tours on behalf of artists such as Prince, Bon Jovi, Kenney Chesney and Cheetah Girls as well as producing "A New Day…" starring Celine Dion appearing exclusively at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace and the international museum tour of King Tut's artifacts.
AEG is overseeing the development of L.A. LIVE, a 4 million square foot / $2.5 billion downtown Los Angeles sports, residential & entertainment district featuring NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE, a 7,100-seat state-of-the-art live theatre, a 54-story, 1001-room convention center "headquarters" hotel, Club NOKIA at L.A. LIVE, a 2,200 capacity live music venue, a 14-screen Regal Cineplex, "broadcast" facilities for ESPN, along with entertainment, restaurant, residential and office space and additional arenas, O2 World, on a 45-acre site in the heart of Berlin, Citizen’s Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California, Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri and in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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