Daily Archives: September 23, 2009

By JON GUDDAT
special to the Daily Record

This is probably the time of the year where we see guys sweating the most. Sure, it’s cooler during the day, but what I’m talking about is the anxiety, twitching and general unease.

This is it. The final weekend of the regular season. If you’re not in the top 15 by the 30th, well, you’re probably going to be watching the NFR from a TV set. Of course, you could still travel down to Vegas and grovel for a scalped NFR ticket, or you can just head to one of the casinos and watch a live feed on a big screen TV while sipping something that might alter your mood, but taking part in either example requires spending money, where the whole point of NFR is making money. Got it?

Can we talk about bulldoggers Blake Knowles and Darrell Petry for a moment? Both will be in Omaha for the tour finale this weekend, but neither is in the top 15 in the world. Knowles is $3,000 out, Petry is $6,000 away. Both can make that up in one day in Omaha. Both can really erase that deficit and then some over the course of the weekend. (read more)