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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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080926
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Friday, September 26, 2008
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METRO FINAL
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SPT; SPORTS
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4C
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Mitch Albom; Nicholas J. Cotsonika; Drew Sharp
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Free Press sports writers
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THE DEN
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Copyright (c) 2008, Detroit Free Press
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THE PICKS
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Sports writers Mitch Albom, Nicholas J. Cotsonika and Drew Sharp take their best shots each week at predicting the NFL's winners and losers. Their choices are made against the Glantz-Culver line. (Home teams capitalized.)

 

THE GAMES                          TIME/DAY     TV              ALBOM        COTSONIKA    SHARP         
CAROLINA 7 over Atlanta            1:00 Sunday -                 Carolina    Carolina     Carolina      
CINCINNATI 3 1/2  over Cleveland   1:00 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) Cleveland    Cleveland    Cleveland     
Denver 9 over KANSAS CITY         1:00 Sunday  -                Denver       Denver       Denver        
JACKSONVILLE 7 over Houston        1:00 Sunday -                Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacksonville  
NEW ORLEANS 5 over San Francisco   1:00 Sunday -                New Orleans  New Orleans  San Francisco 
N.Y. JETS 1 1/2  over Arizona     1:00 Sunday  -                Arizona      N.Y. Jets    Arizona       
TAMPA BAY 1 over Green Bay         1:00 Sunday Fox (Channel 2)  Green Bay    Green Bay    Tampa Bay     
TENNESSEE 3 over Minnesota         1:00 Sunday -                Minnesota    Minnesota    Tennessee     
Buffalo 8 over ST. LOUIS          4:05 Sunday  -                Buffalo      St. Louis    Buffalo       
San Diego 7 1/2  over OAKLAND      4:05 Sunday -                San Diego    San Diego    San Diego     
DALLAS 11 over Washington          4:15 Sunday Fox (Channel 2)  Dallas       Washington   Dallas        
Philadelphia 3 over CHICAGO        8:15 Sunday NBC (Channel 4)  Chicago      Philadelphia Philadelphia  
PITTSBURGH 5 1/2  over Baltimore  8:30 Monday  ESPN             Pittsburgh   Pittsburgh   Baltimore     
Last week                         -            -                 7-9         9-7          5-11          
Season total                      -            -                22-23-1      27-18-1      22-23-1
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<KEYWORDS>
football; forecast
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