How about that win by the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday night!  What a game!  And to think that just a few years ago Neil Rackers was the shame of Cincinnati!  All in all, it was pretty exciting and the fact that the game was played in Mexico City made it even more interesting.

Arizona QB Josh McCown was miked for sound by ESPN and the results were rather intriguing. ESPN ran highlights from McCown's audio later in the evening. One of the sound bites featured McCown celebrating after a touchdown.  He pointed up to the sky and yelled, "Thank you God...Thank you Jesus!"  The very next clip featured McCown rallying the Cards on the sideline, yelling: "Step on their throats!  STEP ON THEIR THROATS!"  What an interesting dichotomy, no?

Back to the prayer thing...A few years back, I had the distinct pleasure of attending a presentation by Albert Ellis, a true pioneer in the areas of psychology and psychotherapy.  Ellis is a self-described probabilistic athiest and on the day of the workshop that I was attending, some other folks in attendance clearly wanted to pick a fight with Ellis on the matter of religion. Now, Doc Ellis put up with the jabs and quips for as long as he could, until he had enough.  At that point, the 80-odd year-old Ellis closed his eyes and yelled, "If there is a God, he doesn't give a shit!".

I'm not sure if Dr. Ellis was referring specifically to football or about life in general, but I sure wish Josh McCown had been there.  How is it that prayers can guide a football into the hands of a wide receiver, but they can't stop wars, hurricanes, and disease?