For some, fall is the season of sweater weather, bright foliage and pumpkin everything. For people like me, fall means one thing: football. I’m not alone. In fact, in the fall of 2014, 45 of the 50 most-watched TV shows were NFL games, with a viewership of 202 million. Diehard fans can provide you with hundreds of reasons why they think football is such a great sport, but I would argue that football has qualities that transcend the gridiron. It can also serve as a playbook for anyone running…