WE GO WAY BACK

to the St. Louis Football Cardinals. I actually remember them when they played in Chicago, but thought that was weird; I mean, the Cardinals should be in St Louis. Voila, and they were.

I sat through many miserable Sundays at the stadium and in front of the tv. Thankgiving 1977 against the Dolphins was the nadir for me. And Coach Coryell who never recovered, moved on to San Diego where he continued his innovations and West Coast offense.

Then the Cardinals left. I never wept. I was actually glad, because I thought then maybe a franchise team will come to St. Lou. A bad commish by the name of Tagliabue wouldn't allow, so St. Louis got the Rams. It still sounds a little awkward--St. Louis Rams, kinda like the Chicago Cardinals.

But after some great years with Kurt Warner and Co, including of course a Super Bowl championship, well the Arizona Cardinals, my new home team is in the NFC championship, only one win away from the Super Bowl.

And quarterback Kurt Warner is leading the way. He's so famous again that he recently appeared on the front page of our paper The Arizona Republic. Also on the front page was a picture of Obama, but larger than Kurt or Barry was one word: FAITH.

Warner explained that any story without mentioning his faith in God was not a true representation of who he is. It was a great article. Fame even brought him to the Oprah Show where he was allowed to speak briefly.

To be certain that he got the point of his faith across, he purposely discussed his love for the Lord in the middle of the taped segment. Sure enough when he went to watch the show, they had omitted what he said about his faith.

That's the way it is in secular America today. NBC recently ran a poll asking people if they were in favor of removing "In God we Trust" from our coins. When 86% of the people said no, the poll was stopped, and there was no mention of it being conducted as far as I know. Certainly the final results weren't reported widely.

Another QB from Florida altered the lampblack strips under his eyes to deflect the sun or bright lights. In white, clearly visible was the Bible verse John 3:16. The next day, it was the most googled item of the day.

The old saying "all that it takes is for a few good people to do nothing," needs altered, too. "All it takes is for a few good people to do something." Thanks to Kurt Warner and the Florida Gator quarterback, Tim Tebow, maybe it's already started.