February 20, 2008

Tournament Seven begins airing this Saturday on FSN

Toughest Cowboy™ , the ironman event of rodeo, makes its seventh stop on the nine stop rodeo revolution tour this weekend at the Xcel Energy Center in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Fox Sports Network (FSN) will broadcast the exciting action beginning this weekend. This will be the last chance for cowboys to move up in the standings prior to the Playoff stop in Nashville, Tenn., next week.

2007 Toughest Cowboy champion Bandy Murphy continues to lead the field in the chase for the Toughest Cowboy Ranch and is coming off a big win in tournament six where he defeated Jared Green. Murphy, The Home Depot cowboy, will face Wrangler cowboy Erik Wolford. It should be a good match-up as Murphy has three tournament wins to his name, while Wolford picked up wins in Glendale, Ariz., and Greensboro, N.C.

The cowboy needing to make a move in the standings is Trey Broussard, who is currently seventh in the overall standings. Broussard will be going head-to-head with Green. Both cowboys were shut-out in tournament six – Broussard vs. Shane Proctor and Green vs. Murphy - so each will be looking for a little redemption.

Proctor, of Powell, Wyo., who defeated Broussard in the previous stop will be matched this week against Chad Eubank of Cleburne, Texas. Eubank, who was dropped off the Tour following the fourth stop in Greensboro, N.C., returns to the Tour after B.J. Schumacher was injured during the sixth tournament forcing him out of the competition. Eubank, who is sponsored by Super Clean, got the call after being the highest ranked alternate. With Eubank back on Tour, the plot thickens for “Who will win the Toughest Cowboy Ranch?”

Be sure to tune into this exciting episode of Toughest Cowboy this week on several FSN affiliates in primetime (day and time depend on each affiliate) and at midnight every Saturday nationwide, please consult local listings. Nowhere else will you see eight cowboys riding bulls and broncs all in one night in the same arena in a match style format.

Tournament 7 Match-ups
Xcel Energy Center, St. Paul, MN

Match 1
Erik Wolford (17 wins) vs. Bandy Murphy (20 wins)

Match 2
Shane Proctor (18 wins) vs. Chad Eubank (4 wins)*

Match 3
Clovis Crane (8 wins) vs. Nelson Tsosie (14 wins)

Match 4
Trey Broussard (9 wins) vs. Jared Green (10 wins)

*Only wins gathered in qualification matches count towards season aggregate total. Alternate match wins do not count toward season aggregate total.