The name may be a reference to rodeo bulls being held in a pen before being released into the main arena.

Coplon's article on rodeo bull riding is aptly titled.

The Escalade bucked like a rodeo bull.

He responded with all the hesitation of a rodeo bull let out of the stall.

After that the Devils lassoed the rodeo bull.

Com, however, stood for "commercial" institutions, which were soon bursting into the network like rodeo bulls, surrounded by a dust-cloud of eager nonprofit "orgs."

Activities included rides on a rodeo bull, a Gladiators-style event, an Indian head massage, and dressing up in sumo suits.

After high school Bret took up rodeo bull riding, until a wrist injury forced him to retire.

Coffee, dust devils and old rodeo bulls: poems (1979) (with first husband Kirk Robertson)

He produced "Tornado", a rodeo bull who threw 200 riders over 14 years.