Amy didn’t want to even talk to him a day ago and here he was looking at her nude below the waist. He realized he was staring and started to gently ...leanse her thighs. He left to rinse the rag and returned and proceeded with his task. How much did women clean up there after they peed? He’d seen a woman or two wipe themselves and it always seemed like they were pretty thorough. He was doing his best but he finally asked her, ‘How much am I supposed to clean?’ She had tears sliding down her. ”Brad shrugged and said, “That’s why it will be so hard on you when you lose to us.”I didn’t have the heart to tell them I wouldn’t be playing next season. I hadn’t even told Joey that. The rest of the lunch was filled with our usual bullshitting each other, but then when it came time to line up to leave, Brad called us into a huddle.Brad said with tears in his eyes, “Best damn friends any guy could have. Fucking the best.”We all nodded, and the huddle tightened as it became a sort of circle. And, I was! Somethinghappened to me in my 20's and 30's. I gained weight, confidence, and leadershipability. People naturally looked to me to be the number one guy in a crowd.Ask me how it happened? I really don't know! All I know is that I had becomean aggressive, benevolent dictator in any group that included me. Go figure! I remember two bitches in particular in high school ? Rosalee Kroger and JudyRawlins. They were rich kids, snobby, and capable of treating us ?lower-class? kidslike pure. Coach Tolbert had played for the 1985 Super Bowl winning Bears team and taken the Titans to the Super Bowl years later. He understood what was coming.The playoffs would be more intense than the regular season. We needed to work harder and study harder if we wanted to succeed. We took Coach’s advice to heart. Guys came in early and stayed late studying video and the game plan. We practiced hard and focused on our tasks. We felt confident when we did our final practice Friday afternoon.We flew.