Allen rallies into second behind Brazile

Guy Allen's Saturday didn't get off to the best of starts in the National Finals Steer Roping, but the 17-time PRCA champion rallied to put himself in position to win another title at the Amarillo National Center. Allen missed his second steer of the day the first time around and had to go to his second loop for a 21.7 seconds. That left him at the time in fifth place with a total time of 72.4 seconds after five go-rounds. Three go-rounds were completed on Friday. "I had a really good steer and I missed him," he said. "That kind of knocked me back, but you've got to pick yourself up." Allen picked himself up quite well in the Saturday evening session, with a 10.2 in the sixth go-round and a 9.0 in the seventh. Both times tied for second-fastest in their go-rounds and Allen's total of 91.6 places him second behind Trevor Brazile with the final three go-rounds set for 1 p.m. today. Allen's total of $60,061.88 for the year leads in overall money won, and Brazile's sum of $57,194.53 stands him in second. With a total payout of $121,251, Amarillo native Brazile is still well in the chase for the only NFR title not awarded in Las Vegas. Earlier, Brazile posted times of 12.5 and 11.9 in the two morning session go-rounds, which Brazile said were more difficult than he had expected. "I film the steers just to know what I'm going to have to compete on," he said. "But I had two extras that hadn't been competed on, which means that they weren't one of the 15 better steers." Brazile posted an 11.6 on his steer in the sixth go-round, but had to go to his second loop in the seventh go-round and posted a 21.9, which leaves him in the lead with a seven-round total of 89.7 seconds. He leads Allen by 1.9 seconds....