Matt Sherwood an Cory Petska were 4.1 on their first steer at this year’s Wrangler National Finals Rodeo to show that the veterans aren’t ready to cede control of the sport to the young guns just yet.

We caught up with them after their go-round win December 1, and this is what they had to say.

Full results:

1. Matt Sherwood/Cory Petska 4.1

2./3. Clay Tryan/Travis Graves 4.3

2./3. Turtle Powell/Jhett Johnson 4.3

4. Jake Barnes/Walt Woodard 4.8

5. Kaleb Driggers/Brad Culpepper 5.5

6. Trevor Brazile/Patrick Smith 5.9