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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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070928
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Friday, September 28, 2007
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METRO FINAL
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SPT; SPORTS
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8D
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MITCH ALBOM, NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA and  DREW SHARP
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Free Press sports
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THE DEN
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Copyright (c) 2007, 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         
Chicago 3 over DETROIT             1:00 Sunday Fox (Channel 2)   Detroit     Detroit       Detroit       
Houston 3 over ATLANTA                   1:00 Sunday -                Houston      Houston       Houston       
Baltimore 4 over CLEVELAND .....        1:00 Sunday -                Cleveland    Baltimore     Baltimore     
MIAMI 4 over Oakland  .....                   1:00 Sunday -                Oakland      Miami         Oakland       
Green Bay 1 1/2  over MINNESOTA    1:00 Sunday -                Minnesota    Green Bay     Green Bay     
N.Y. Jets 3 1/2  over BUFFALO......      1:00 Sunday -                N.Y. Jets    N.Y. Jets     N.Y. Jets     
DALLAS 13 over St. Louis  ..........         1:00 Sunday -                Dallas       Dallas        Dallas        
CAROLINA 3 over Tampa Bay  .....        4:05 Sunday -                Carolina     Carolina      Tampa Bay     
Seattle 2 over SAN FRANCISCO....       4:05 Sunday -                Seattle      San Francisco San Francisco 
INDIANAPOLIS 9 1/2  over Denver...    4:15 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) Indianapolis Denver        Denver        
Pittsburgh 6 over ARIZONA ..........         4:15 Sunday -                Pittsburgh   Arizona       Pittsburgh    
SAN DIEGO 11 1/2  over Kansas City ....4:15 Sunday -                Kansas City  San Diego     Kansas City   
Philadelphia 3 over N.Y. GIANTS ........   8:15 Sunday NBC (Channel 4)  Philadelphia Philadelphia  N.Y. Giants   
New England 7 over CINCINNATI .....     8:30 Monday ESPN             New England  Cincinnati    New England   
Last week                          -           -                 7-6-3       4-9-3         3-10-3        
Season total                       -           -                19-23-6      16-26-6       18-24-6
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football
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