"My whole approach in the cold weather was to smack somebody as hard as I could on the first play. That would get my blood flowing. That would set the tone right there," said Hoge, now an ESPN analyst.Perhaps, but this is a much tougher question, and we're back in uncharted territory. This issue simply does not come up in other industries. In a typical industry, an employee's contract ends when the CBA expires.

Week 7 of the NFL season is a reminder that you cannot have it both ways. You are either a Patriots fan or a Jets fan. You agree with either the Vikings' punter or the Cardinals' kicker.Liam: No, I'm avoiding the books. One of the reasons is, Davos he's kind of a point of view character. He doesn't actually do that much engaging, I'm told, and so they wrote this person as opposed to just seeing what his thoughts are.

But as Bedard pointed out, the back judge came running in to whistle a delayofgame call on the Niners on the play. So even without