Julius Caesar "J.C." Watts Jr., born in 1957, was a football star in high school, college, and the Canadian Football League. He became a youth pastor and then a Republican member of the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. Over the past nine years he has been a businessman and corporate board member. A common thread he has seen in all of those areas is that the cheer of the crowd is intoxicating and seductive.