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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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071130
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Friday, November 30, 2007
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METRO FINAL
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SPT; SPORTS
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7D
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MITCH ALBOM; NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA and DREW SHARP
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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         
MINNESOTA 4 over Detroit ......               1:00 Sunday    Fox (Channel 2)   Detroit      Minnesota    Detroit       
DALLAS 7 over Green Bay                 Thursday night -                Green Bay     Green Bay    Green Bay     
CAROLINA 3 over San Francisco  ....        1:00 Sunday     -                San Francisco Carolina     San Francisco 
INDIANAPOLIS 6 1/2  over Jacksonville   1:00 Sunday    -                Jacksonville  Indianapolis Jacksonville  
MIAMI 1 over N.Y. Jets  ............                1:00 Sunday    -                Jets          Miami        Jets          
PHILADELPHIA 3 over Seattle ......           1:00 Sunday     -                Philadelphia  Philadelphia Philadelphia  
ST. LOUIS 3 over Atlanta   ..........             1:00 Sunday    -                St. Louis     St. Louis    St. Louis     
San Diego 6 over KANSAS CITY  ...          1:00 Sunday    -                San Diego     Kansas City  San Diego     
TENNESSEE 4 over Houston  .....             1:00 Sunday     -                Tennessee     Tennessee    Houston       
WASHINGTON 5 1/2  over Buffalo .         1:00 Sunday    -                Buffalo       Washington   Washington    
ARIZONA/Cleveland, even   .......              4:05 Sunday    CBS (Channel 62) Cleveland     Arizona      Arizona       
Denver 3 1/2  over OAKLAND  .....            4:05 Sunday    -                Oakland       Denver       Denver        
N.Y. Giants 1 1/2  over CHICAGO .......       4:15 Sunday     Fox (Channel 2)  Giants        Chicago      Chicago       
NEW ORLEANS 3 1/2  over Tampa Bay       4:15 Sunday    -                New Orleans   New Orleans  New Orleans   
PITTSBURGH 7 over Cincinnati   ......         8:15 Sunday    NBC (Channel 4)  Pittsburgh    Pittsburgh   Pittsburgh    
New England 20 over BALTIMORE ...         8:30 Monday     ESPN             New England   Baltimore    New England   
Last week                              -               -                 8-8          12-4         8-8           
Season total (without Thu. game)       -               -                85-79-11      78-86-11     81-83-11
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football
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