roping and all around titles in 1981. He received a rodeo scholarship in the fall of 1981 and attended Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. His coach was John Mahoney, who said he had never known anybody to have as much determination as Tuff. When Sul Ross made the 1982 National Collegiate Finals in Bozeman Montana, Mahoney chose Tuff to be on the team. As part of the Sul Ross State University rodeo team, he competed in saddle bronc riding, bull riding, team roping and steer wrestling ...