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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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081121
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Friday, November 21, 2008
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METRO FINAL
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SPT; SPORTS
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6C
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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        
Tampa Bay 8 over DETROIT             1:00 Sunday   Blacked out locally Detroit      Detroit      Detroit      
PITTSBURGH 10 1/2  over Cincinnati  Thursday night -                   Pittsburgh   Pittsburgh   Cincinnati   
BALTIMORE 1 over Philadelphia       1:00 Sunday    -                   Baltimore    Philadelphia Philadelphia 
Buffalo 3 over KANSAS CITY           1:00 Sunday   -                   Buffalo      Buffalo      Buffalo      
Chicago 8 over ST. LOUIS             1:00 Sunday   -                   St. Louis    Chicago      St. Louis    
CLEVELAND 3 over Houston            1:00 Sunday    -                   Cleveland    Cleveland    Houston      
DALLAS 10 over San Francisco         1:00 Sunday   -                   Dallas       Dallas       Dallas       
JACKSONVILLE 2 1/2  over Minnesota   1:00 Sunday   -                   Minnesota    Jacksonville Jacksonville 
MIAMI 1 over New England            1:00 Sunday    -                   New England  New England  New England  
TENNESSEE 5 1/2  over N.Y. Jets      1:00 Sunday   CBS (Channel 62)    Tennessee    N.Y. Jets    Tennessee    
DENVER 9 over Oakland                4:05 Sunday   -                   Oakland      Denver       Denver       
ATLANTA 1 over Carolina              4:15 Sunday   -                   Carolina     Carolina     Atlanta      
N.Y. Giants 3 over ARIZONA          4:15 Sunday    -                   N.Y. Giants  N.Y. Giants  N.Y. Giants  
Washington 3 1/2  over SEATTLE       4:15 Sunday   Fox (Channel 2)     Washington   Washington   Washington   
SAN DIEGO 2 1/2  over Indianapolis   8:15 Sunday   NBC (Channel 4)     Indianapolis San Diego    Indianapolis 
NEW ORLEANS 2 1/2  over Green Bay   8:30 Monday    ESPN                Green Bay    Green Bay    Green Bay    
Last week                           -              -                    8-8         9-7          7-9          
Season total (without Thu. game)    -              -                   81-71-4      83-69-4      86-66-4
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football
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