Top 10 Reasons Kurt Warner Should Not Retire

The New Orleans Saints move on to the NFC Championship for the 2nd time in four years. It's unfortunate to see Kurt Warner and the Arizona Cardinals ousted from the playoffs after witnessing last year's amazing post-season run, but no franchise needs a title quite like the Saints. The Saints will host the winner of the Cowboys/Vikings game at home next week. And unlike in January of 2007, I think the Saints will be moving on to the Super Bowl this time around.

There is currently 2 minutes left in the 4th quarter of the Ravens/Colts game with the Colts up 20-3. When it comes to racking up penalties, the Ravens keep shooting themselves in the foot. Luckily former-Colt Marvin Harrison isn't in the stadium tonight because he would likely shoot them in a worse spot. Then again, Ray Lewis may be packing heat too.

The Purdue men's basketball team has now lost 3 games in a row after starting the season 14-0 and getting ranked as high as # 4 in the country. There are still 2 months to go until tournament time, but they need to put a band-aid on the damage immediately before it gets out of control. I've seen too many teams, and have played for too many teams, that start the season off well and then hit a losing streak which completely changes the course of the season. It would be a real shame if that was to happen this year to the Boilermakers.

And speaking of Big-10 teams, is this the year that the Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team earns its' first trip ever to the NCAA Tournament? I hope so. You just don't see enough teams with purple uniforms play on the big time stage. Okay so I'm a little biased toward purple uniforms after playing for the Emerson College men's basketball team. It's okay though because I was made fun of for having to wear purple for years by opposing teams' fans, my friends and family.

Does the Ivy League have 2 teams that could possibly see post-season action in men's basketball this year? Cornell is basically a lock to win the Ivy League which would grant them a trip to the NCAA Tournament for a 3rd year in a row. Yet Harvard, led by Asian-sensation Jeremy Lin, is quickly becoming a team to be reckoned with.


Top 10 Reasons Kurt Warner Should Not Retire

10. It took the Arizona Cardinals so long to finally have a good quarterback that he can't bail on them while he's still playing at such a high level.
9. The Cardinals aren't ready for the Matt Leinart era.... not unless they want 18 year-old girls hanging out with him in the locker room. Frat boy 4 Life!
8. Nobody thanks "the man upstairs" better or more often (before and after games) than him.
7. What is he going to do post-NFL career.... go back to bagging groceries?
6. He has 6 kids and a mini-van. Do I need to say more?
5. Fans love watching an NFL QB wear gloves on both hands whether it's September or January.
4. Spending too much time with his out-spoken wife would drive anyone crazy.
3. One team has to win the NFC West.... and that division minus Kurt Warner does not have a team good enough to be allowed to make the playoffs.
2. Since Tony Dungy is no longer down on the field, the NFL needs at least one player/coach to be the voice of God down there.
1. It's really fun watching him one week play like an amateur who can't hang on to the ball, and the next week like he's the greatest quarterback ever to take the field.