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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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071005
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Friday, October 05, 2007
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METRO FINAL
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SPT; SPORTS
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5D
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MITCH ALBOM, NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA and DREW SHARP
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Free Press sports writers
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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
WASHINGTON 361/27 over Detroit	 	1:00 Sunday	Fox (Channel 2)	 	Detroit		Detroit		Washington
HOUSTON 5 over Miami	 	 	1:00 Sunday	-			Miami		Houston		Houston
TENNESSEE 861/27 over Atlanta	 	1:00 Sunday	-			Tennessee	Tennessee	Tennessee
N.Y. GIANTS 361/27 over N.Y. Jets	 	1:00 Sunday	 -			N.Y. Jets		N.Y. Giants	N.Y. Giants
PITTSBURGH 6 over Seattle	 	 	1:00 Sunday	-			Seattle		Pittsburgh		Pittsburgh
Arizona 361/27 over ST. LOUIS	 	1:00 Sunday	-			Arizona		Arizona		Arizona
NEW ORLEANS 3 over Carolina	 	1:00 Sunday	-			New Orleans	New Orleans	New Orleans
NEW ENGLAND 1661/27 over Cleveland	1:00 Sunday	CBS (Channel 62)		Cleveland 	Cleveland	 	New England
Jacksonville 2 over KANSAS CITY	 	1:00 Sunday	-			Jacksonville	Jacksonville	Kansas City
INDIANAPOLIS 961/27 over Tampa Bay	4:05 Sunday	-			Indianapolis	Indianapolis	Indianapolis
Baltimore 361/27 over SAN FRANCISCO	4:15 Sunday	-			Baltimore		Baltimore		Baltimore
DENVER 1 over San Diego	 		4:15 Sunday	CBS (Channel 62)		San Diego	San Diego	San Diego
GREEN BAY 3 over Chicago	 		8:15 Sunday	NBC (Channel 4)		Chicago		Green Bay	Green Bay
Dallas 10 over BUFFALO			8:30 Monday	ESPN			Dallas		Dallas		Buffalo
Last week				-		-	 		8-6		4-10		8-6
Season total				-		-			27-29-6		20-36-6		26-30-6
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football; game; prediction
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