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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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071026
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Friday, October 26, 2007
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METRO FINAL
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SPT; SPORTS
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4D
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Mitch Albom, Nicholas J. Cotsonika and Drew Sharp
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Free Press sports writer
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THE DEN
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Copyright (c) 2007, Detroit Free Press
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<HEADLINE>
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 5 over Detroit                    1:00 Sunday Fox (Channel 2)  Detroit      Chicago      Detroit      
Cleveland 3 over ST. LOUIS                1:00 Sunday -                St. Louis    Cleveland    Cleveland    
N.Y. Giants 9 1/2  over Miami (in London) 1:00 Sunday -                N.Y. Giants  N.Y. Giants  N.Y. Giants  
TENNESSEE 7 1/2  over Oakland             1:00 Sunday -                Oakland      Tennessee    Tennessee    
Pittsburgh 3 1/2  over CINCINNATI         1:00 Sunday -                Pittsburgh   Pittsburgh   Pittsburgh   
Philadelphia 1 over MINNESOTA             1:00 Sunday -                Minnesota    Philadelphia Minnesota    
Indianapolis 6 1/2  over CAROLINA         1:00 Sunday -                Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis 
TAMPA BAY 4 over Jacksonville             4:05 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) Jacksonville Jacksonville Tampa Bay    
Houston at San Diego, no line             4:05 Sunday -                -            -            -            
N.Y. JETS 3 over Buffalo                  4:05 Sunday -                Buffalo      N.Y. Jets    Buffalo      
NEW ENGLAND 16 1/2  over Washington       4:15 Sunday Fox (Channel 2)  Washington   New England  Washington   
New Orleans 3 over SAN FRANCISCO          4:15 Sunday -                New Orleans  New Orleans  New Orleans  
DENVER 3 over Green Bay                   8:30 Monday ESPN             Green Bay    Green Bay    Denver       
Last week                                 -           -                 9-5         9-5          7-7          
Season total                              -           -                47-48-8      40-55-8      46-49-8
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football; forecast;list
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