It's said that football is the great national pastime. For sure, it's a good excuse for parties, for waging bets, for eating chips and chili. Many who don't much like the game gather in the living rooms of friends any way. Being part of a group feels good to most of us. And many of us lived outside "the group" for far too many years. I can well remember the early decades of my life when I stood outside the circle, hoping to be invited in and then when I was, I felt conspicuous and insecure. I simple didn't feel comfortable any where. How good the pass[...]