This week, Ty Murray talks with Keith Ryan Cartwright about everything from the short go draft (Did Aaron Roy pick not to lose?) and Adriano Moraes excluding Renato Nunes from the World Cup team before wrapping up with his thoughts regarding the PBR's nomination as Professional League of the Year.

Talks about the Kansas City event and then he and Keith Ryan Cartwright talk a closer look at the first couple of team members that were announced for each of the five countries involved in the upcoming World Cup event.

Earlier this week, I interviewed a talented bull rider who wins big on the national pro rodeo circuit.

And I've heard him make this misinformed statement more than once: "The only real difference in riding bulls in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association and the Professional Bull Riders is the $1 million bonus that's awarded to the PBR World Champion."

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Hey, hey, hey... Shorty has a new name for his weekly blog and you can "hear" all about it. This week, Shorty also talks about the fit factor for the bullfighters and what it takes to be in shape, especially as the wear and tear of the season begins to take its toll not only on the riders, but also Shorty, Frank, Joe and Jesse.

Flint Rasmussen recaps his thoughts on the Iron Cowboy Invitational and then looks ahead to the month of March along with Jody Newberry's recent BFTS win in St. Louis, Mo., his first since 2006.

Ty Murray wraps up the Enterprise Rent-a-Car Invitational with his thoughts in a conversation with Keith Ryan Cartwright on those who rode in St. Louis and those who were injured and also looked ahead at the upcoming World Cup event.

After reading the comments of fans who bad-mouthed the PBR's Dickies Iron Cowboy Invitational last weekend at Cowboys Stadium, let me say I understand where you're coming from.

But you're wrong. Dead wrong. Can't-hang-on-for-8-seconds wrong.

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Ty Murray talks about the Iron Cowboy Invitational and shares with Keith Ryan Cartwright what he liked and didn't like about the event. The two also talk about Cord and Jet McCoy as well as Ty's appearance tonight on Monday Nite Raw with his wife Jewel.

As he discussed the preparation of Cowboys Stadium for tonight's big show, Cody Lambert couldn't have said it better.

"You have to remember, this is Randy Bernard's last (major) event for the PBR," Lambert said. "Randy wants to go out in style, and this is a very important event to him. We don't enjoy seeing him go. We hate to see him go, but we're going to do everything to make an event that he's really proud of."

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This week Shorty Gorham talks about the fact that there's nothing "funny" about a bullfighter's job in the arena, which is one of the reasons they've transitioned from traditional "baggies and face paint" to their modern day athletic uniforms. Shorty also calls on fans to help come up with a name – a catchphrase, so to speak – for his weekly audio blog.