# The dumbest 8 seconds in sports. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 7, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816 "2006-05-07T23:03:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/41 "2006-05-08T14:47:16Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > …But bull riding never seemed to relate to any farm/ranch _need_ that I could see… Bull riding\>bronc riding\>[horse breaking](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_breaking) > [@Jodi](#): > > …It was invented by cowboys wanting to show each other how tough they could be… Ya think that horse was a mean ride, watch this… Now [mutton](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutton_busting) [busting](http://www.sharkonline.org/rodeocrueltymuttonbusting.mv), that makes noo sense! CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Mellivora\_capensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mellivora\_capensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mellivora_capensis)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/42 "2006-05-08T14:58:10Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I’m studying to be a race car passenger. I’ll learn to say things like, > > “Say man, can I turn on the radio?” > > “You should slow down.” > > “We ever gonna turn right?” > > “Man, you really like Tide…” Maybe it’s the Aspirin on top of the other stuff I swallowed in a blur this morning to kill my headcold, but man **NCB** , that’s funny shit right there. 😃 “We ever gonna turn right…” heheheheheh…sniff…hehehehe ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/43 "2006-05-08T15:00:36Z")
Having grown up with friends who rodeoed I can state unequivically that bull riding is **NOT** the dumbest rodeo event. The absolute dumbest rodeo event is Bareback riding. It is the dumbest because it involves horses. I’ve never seen a rodeo bull run itself into the end of the area thereby commiting suicide. I have however lost count of the number of horses I’ve seen killed in this manner. Bull riders may be dumb, but bareback riders who have a ride die beneath them and then come back the next weekend knowing full well that it could happen again, give a brand new definition to the word. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/44 "2006-05-08T15:37:51Z")
> [@Auntbeast](#): > > I believe I heard that NASCAR is more popular than pro football. You heard wrong, or you heard NASCAR propaganda. The only thing NASCAR has bigger is the venue, so more spectators can fit around it. The NFL dwarfs NASCAR in every meaningful aspect of popularity. As for the OP, before I opened the thread I was thinking along the lines of an extra point kick in football, the batter stepping out of the box between pitches in baseball, fights in hockey, or tennis players slamming their racket on the court. I detect no actual sports mentioned anywhere in this thread. As for competitors being athletic, so are astronauts. That didn’t make the race to the moon a sport. Human-only head to head competition, active defense in the field of play, and objective scoring without judges. That’s what makes an activity a sport. Races, fights, and competitions are their own class of event. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/45 "2006-05-08T16:20:30Z")
> [@Ellis Dee](#): > > Human-only head to head competition, active defense in the field of play, and objective scoring without judges. That’s what makes an activity a sport. Races, fights, and competitions are their own class of event. Wait a second… that would make most events in the winter and summer Olympics, NOT a sport, while most war battles (the nasty killing bit aside) a damn good sport. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/46 "2006-05-08T16:28:29Z")
I’ve got a couple of aquaintences on the Professional Rodeo circuit now, one as a bull rider and one a retired bull rider turned rodeo clown. While neither has much of a formal education, neither is in any way, shape or form “stupid.” What they do is a logical consequence of the environment in which they were raised; born on a ranch, worked as cowboys, looked for a more glamorous life with maybe some money to boot. They’re definately not beer charged rednecks. They most definately are athletes. Braver 'n shit athletes I might add. While they were roping steers and bustin’ their asses on working ranches, you were pedaling a Schwinn. Tell you what, they won’t refer to your lack of will to get on a bull as chickenshit if you’ll in like fashion extend them the courtesy of not calling them stupid. Seems fair since neither of you apparently has any real sense of the other. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/47 "2006-05-08T16:45:22Z")
> [@Jackknifed Juggernaut](#): > > Just a quick q re: bullriding: Is using only 1 hand to hold onto the rope a rule, or is it more beneficial to have free arm for balance transfer? Yes, it’s a rule. They can’t touch the bull at all with the free hand or they’re disqualified. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/48 "2006-05-08T17:15:42Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Wait a second… that would make most events in the winter and summer Olympics, NOT a sport, while most war battles (the nasty killing bit aside) a damn good sport. :eek: There are precious few actual sports in the Olympics. And combat isn’t a leisure activity. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/49 "2006-05-08T17:31:40Z")
**crowmanyclouds** , as my post implied, I know the real life use of breaking in a _horse_. It was the \*bull \* question that got me. But thanks for the extra info. Always useful stuff that extra info. 😉 **Mellivora capensis** , thank the late great Mitch Hedberg. A stoner comedian that was actually very intelligent, making his routines funny as shit. ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/50 "2006-05-08T18:15:31Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > I’m studying to be a race car passenger. I’ll learn to say things like, > > “Say man, can I turn on the radio?” > > “You should slow down.” > > “We ever gonna turn right?” > > “Man, you really like Tide…” Hey now. Some “race-car passengers” are actually very valuable. The guy sitting next to you helps a lot if you hope to go 130 down dirt roads through the woods doing things like [this](http://fmotor.nifty.com/wrc/images/subaru10_01.jpg). I love my codriver! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/51 "2006-05-08T18:43:39Z")
> [@Necros](#): > > Hey now. Some “race-car passengers” are actually very valuable. The guy sitting next to you helps a lot if you hope to go 130 down dirt roads through the woods doing things like [this](http://fmotor.nifty.com/wrc/images/subaru10_01.jpg). > > I love my codriver! 😉 I can read a map. Can I come with you?!!! :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/52 "2006-05-08T18:50:47Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I can read a map. Can I come with you?!!! :eek: 😃 Depends. How carsick do you get? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Barrels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Barrels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrels)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/53 "2006-05-08T20:50:04Z")
Little late to the thread, and fist Pit Post, please forgive me. I am a former Rodeo Queen, current rodeo competitor and the only girl on a 10 person rodeo team and I wanna put my $.02 in. Are bull riders dumb? Sometimes, just like everyone else. Are they drunk? Not until after the rodeo Is there a ranch job that equates to bull riding? Not really, except holding down a pissed off cow for vaccinations. Do bull riders make good boyfriends/husbands? Run, run far, run fast. They are nice to look at, but as a general rule they don’t tame down for shit. Does a flank strap go across the testicles? Haven’t looked at a bull real close have you? (not that you would want to) It just doesn’t work. Do Bull riders take themselves out of the gene pool? Nope, as I am sure many buckle bunnies can attest. (Buckle Bunny=Groupie for Cowboys) Is it a sport? Yes, and it is an American sport, it started here and spread to Canada and beyond. Do bull riders have an attitude? Some do some don’t. Rodeo folk in general tend to be a little wary of outsiders. Having personally been verbally attacked by a crazed PETA member at a rodeo, I can understand why. Can anyone get on and hang on? No, you will get launched like an illegal lawn dart. Strength is not what keeps these guys on the bulls. I think those are most of the questions. Bull riding takes strength, determination, a great deal of balance, aptitude, and balls. Barrels ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/54 "2006-05-08T20:56:24Z")
> [@Necros](#): > > Depends. How carsick do you get? 😉 I don’t get carsickness. I cause it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/55 "2006-05-08T20:58:53Z")
> [@Barrels](#): > > Little late to the thread, and fist Pit Post, please forgive me. > > I am a former Rodeo Queen, current rodeo competitor and \*\*the only girl \*\* on a 10 person rodeo team and I wanna put my $.02 in. > > \ > > I think those are most of the questions. Bull riding takes strength, determination, a great deal of balance, aptitude, **and balls**. > Barrels :eek: You got balls? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Barrels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Barrels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrels)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/56 "2006-05-08T21:02:45Z")
I never said \*\*I \*\*was a bullrider. I barrel race, hence the name. Most of the guys on my team are bullriders. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/57 "2006-05-08T21:26:22Z")
> [@Barrels](#): > > I never said \*\*I \*\*was a bullrider. I barrel race, hence the name. Most of the guys on my team are bullriders. [hijack] Do you compete against Charmayne James? How does Cruiser stack up against Scamper? Or has she brought along a new horse? [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Barrels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Barrels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrels)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/58 "2006-05-08T21:29:37Z")
I wish I was at a level to compete against Charmayne! She is an amazing lady, with an even more amazing ability to pick out good horses. I compete in a 4 state area, not at all like the PRCA. And IMHO no horse will ever compare to Scamper. Barrels ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/59 "2006-05-08T21:32:57Z")
> [@Barrels](#): > > And IMHO no horse will ever compare to Scamper. > > Barrels Oh, yeh, he was sumpin, wasn’t he? I wish I could’ve been there in person the time where his bridle broke midway and he still put in a fantastic run. I can’t remember – did they win that one? ---
**Author:** ![Barrels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Barrels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barrels)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816/60 "2006-05-08T21:36:06Z")
From what I remember they did and that run is waht ended up getting Charmayne her first championship buckle. My bridle broke once in the middle of a run. I will say that the situation didn’t as nicley as it did for Charmayne! Barrels [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dumbest-8-seconds-in-sports/355816.md?page=4)