Kid Rock’s concoction for America is coming to AT&T Stadium this weekend. This particular concoction requires four million pounds of dirt.

I’m reassured to know I’ve now got a dirt guy.

Randy Spraggins [whose license plate really does read, “Dirt Guy”] had the dirt trucked 23 miles [from the dirt depository, if you will] to a parking lot outside the stadium. That gave him the flexibility to truck it in overnight.

Loyal Scaiaholics will recall I enjoy rodeo attendance, but you’re never done learning. I didn’t realize how much work goes into dirt quality control.

These bulls are professional athletes, not prima donnas. Spraggins says good dirt can help the bull do his job, which gives the cowboy a better ride.

Kid Rock’s Rock N Rodeo presents a new challenge to PBR’s facilities guy. Since it’s a bracket-style event, Jim Palermo had to figure out how to make room for teams to face each other head-to-head.

They set up the arena with two sets of bucking chutes, two sets of roping boxes and two barrel racing courses.

Despite the need for space, Palermo says the arena is set up for a quick turnaround between the rodeo and bull riding. They also set up a stage for Kid Rock to perform at the beginning and again at the end.

Palermo says a normal show might take place in a venue the size of a hockey arena, which would use about half as much dirt. Palermo says this weekend can introduce Kid Rock fans to rodeo and also introduce rodeo fans to Kid Rock.

My dirt guy is also from Ohio. He came down from Akron; Kid Rock is from Detroit. The invasion of Great people from the Great Lakes region is growing, but Spraggins keeps the dirt he uses authentic to each location. Instead of trucking the same dirt all over, he uses dirt native to each region, so once everything wraps up at the stadium, he’ll load it up and truck it back to storage for next year.

People in Oregon may sneer at Texas politics, but we even recycle our dirt.