[rintense]

A wonderful article about faith, Christianity, tolerance and football.

[LS]

"about 20 Lions have given their lives to Christ. Teammates, converted or not, credit Kitna "

I hope that's my legacy at the end, that 20 people gave their lives to Christ because of me.

[bigfootbob]

What a good guy, former Seahawk and native Washingtonian from Tacoma of all places. God bless him and his family!

[bigfootbob]

A good guy from Tacoma ping.

[Yossarian]

Nice article. It is good to see that he’s acting as a leader in the locker room, getting rid of the poisonous Millen-inspired atmosphere there.

The rest of the article is interesting in that it addresses what happens when Christian coaches or leaders take the lead with their faith in a sports culture with more and more Muslims....

[Badeye]

Jon Kitna was undervalued by Holmgren in Seattle when he led them to a playoff berth, only to have Holmgren let him go after that season. He then came to Cincinnati, I suspect because Holmgren’s rep releasing him indicated ‘damaged goods’ more than anything else (Cincy was NFL Siberia at the time).

All he did was take a horrible team to 8-8, and end up Comeback Player of the Year.

This year, he predicted the Lions would win ten games, and was mocked everywhere. Today, that looks like he underestimated.

Through it all, he’s been very open about his faith. He’s been a great teammate, and team player, as anybody in Cincy can tell you.

I couldn’t be happier for the guy...even though he does whine to the officials way too much during the games.

[proudofthesouth]

I read the entire article.

God bless this man!

[Dysart]

I picked the Loins to make the playoffs—probably as wild card team—in the pre-season and I haven’t seen anything that changes my mind. I think they have significant defensive holes, but they will just outscore many teams in the NFC. Except Dallas, of course.

[Yossarian]

In honor of the Lions' 3-1 start, I have to post the following: (Hey we Michiganders have to enjoy it while it lasts....)

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Gridiron Heroes aka The Victory Song of the Detroit Lions

Click this link right here for Music and Then Sing (or Shout) These Lyrics

--Chorus--
Forward down the field,
A charging team that will not yield.
And when the Blue and Silver wave,
Stand and cheer the brave.
Rah, Rah, Rah.
Go hard, win the game.
With honor you will keep your fame.
Down the field and gain,
A Lion victory!

--Verse--
Hail the colors Blue and Silver let them wave.
Sing their song and cheer the Gridiron Heroes brave,
Fighting for fame, winning the game,
Dashing to victory as they go.

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[commish]

I am Happy to see Kitna having success in Detroit. BTW, he kicks ass as a QB in Madden 2008 (as well as previous years) too.

[-=SoylentSquirrel=-]

So, what DOES the Bile say about men with long hair?

Can I still go to the Tesla Concert?

[-=SoylentSquirrel=-]

So, what DOES the Bible say about men with long hair?

Can I still go to the Tesla Concert?

[Yossarian]

Ping for the NFL Ping list keeper....

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Lions in playoffs? Maybe. They will swoon as always. Sorry, but I don’t think Kitna is a “first-line” NFL QB.

RB Jones is a bad-luck talisman. He appears to be a practice-field-star. They need to continue starting Bell.

Laast but not least, get some new owners. The Fords don’t care about the playoffs.

[mainepatsfan]

NFL PING

FReepmail scott says to be added to, or to be taken off the NFL Ping list... This is a fairly high volume ping list

[GraniteStateConservative]

I like Kitna just fine, but God doesn’t give one hoot about whether the Lions win some particular game.

[Tall_Texan]

Kitna Seeks Help From Above

He'll need it as long as Matt Millen is General Manager.

[raygun]

ping

[grellis]

If you would like to be added or dropped from the Michigan ping list, please freepmail me.

I haven't followed football in years, and even when I did I was a Vikings fan, but I really want to have a non-economic implosion ping. And it's a very nice read.