Bulls and broncs

The Sunday Bulls and Broncs rounds at College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming for 2009. 6/14/09

Jesy "Bull" Austin

Bulls and Broncs

The Sunday Bulls and Broncs rounds at College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming for 2009. 6/14/09

Bulls and Broncs!

The Sunday Bulls and Broncs rounds at College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming for 2009. 6/14/09

Bull riding in 89

Lane Frost rides at the 1989 Cheyenne Frontier Days. Frost, a popular rider and the 1987 world champion, died on July 30, the last day of the competition. (Randy Wagner/Courtesy of the Cheyenne Frontier Days' Old West Museum)

Tag Elliot

FEATURE Tag Elliot of College of Southern Idaho rides Black Jack to his third qualifying ride to Saturday's finals. (Tim Kupsick, Star-Tribune)

Kyle Lozier

Kyle Lozier of Dawson College is thrown off of Powerball Friday night during the last go round before the finals on Saturday. (Tim Kupsick, Star-Tribune)

Chad German

Chad German of HIll College takes the bull riding championship title with a 74.5 point ride ontop of Babe Saturday night during the final performance of the CNFR. (Tim Kupsick, Star-Tribune)

Bulls and Broncs

The Sunday Bulls and Broncs rounds at College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming for 2009. 6/14/09

Frost in the '87 Cheyenne Frontier Days

Lane Frost rides at the 1987 Cheyenne Frontier Days. Frost won the world bull riding title that year, claiming $105,697 in earnings. (Randy Wagner/Courtesy of the Cheyenne Frontier Days' Old West Museum)

Frost at the '89 Frontier Days

Lane Frost rides at the 1989 Cheyenne Frontier Days. Frost, a popular rider and the 1987 world champion, died on July 30, the last day of the competition. (Randy Wagner/Courtesy of the Cheyenne Frontier Days' Old West Museum)

Sticks the landing

Lane Frost rides at the 1989 Cheyenne Frontier Days. Frost, a popular rider and the 1987 world champion, died on July 30, the last day of the competition. (Randy Wagner/Courtesy of the Cheyenne Frontier Days' Old West Museum)

The champ's handout

This image of a PRCA handout shows Lane Frost during and after his world championship bull riding season in 1987. (Courtesy/Dallas Morning News)

Lane Frost

World champion bull rider Lane Frost. (Courtesy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

Lane Frost (Courtesy/PRCA)

World champion bull rider Lane Frost. (Courtesy/PRCA)

Tyler Willis

Wheatland bull rider Tyler Willis suffered a head injury at Cheyenne Frontier Days last month and has been waiting out a 30-day doctor's release ever since.

Zack Elliot

Zack Elliott of the College of Southern Idaho rides Once in Awhile during the bull riding competition on Sunday at the College National Finals Rodeo at the Casper Events Center. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune

Andrew Coughlin

Andrew Coughlin of South Dakota State University competes in the bull riding event during slack for the College National Finals Rodeo on Tuesday morning at the Casper Events Center. (Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune)