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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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071214
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Friday, December 14, 2007
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METRO FINAL
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SPT; SPORTS
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4D
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NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA, DREW SHARP, MITCH ALBOM
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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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<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        
SAN DIEGO 10 over Detroit ........          4:15 Sunday    Fox (Channel 2)  Detroit       Detroit      Detroit      
Denver 1 over HOUSTON ....              Thursday night -    ...........           Denver        Denver       Denver       
Cincinnati 8 over SAN FRANCISCO ..    8:15 Saturday  NFL              San Francisco Cincinnati   Cincinnati   
Baltimore 3 1/2  over MIAMI ..........        1:00 Sunday    -  .......              Baltimore     Baltimore    Miami        
CLEVELAND 5 1/2  over Buffalo .....      1:00 Sunday    -     ....           Cleveland     Buffalo      Cleveland    
Green Bay 9 1/2  over ST. LOUIS ......    1:00 Sunday    Fox (Channel 2)  Green Bay     Green Bay    Green Bay    
NEW ENGLAND 23 over N.Y. Jets ...      1:00 Sunday    - ...               New England   New England  New England  
NEW ORLEANS 3 1/2  over Arizona ..    1:00 Sunday    -   .....             Arizona       New Orleans  New Orleans  
PITTSBURGH 3 1/2  over Jacksonville 1:00 Sunday    CBS (Channel 62) Pittsburgh    Pittsburgh   Jacksonville 
Seattle 7 1/2  over CAROLINA  .......      1:00 Sunday    -     .........           Seattle       Carolina     Seattle      
TAMPA BAY 13 1/2  over Atlanta  ....    1:00 Sunday    - .........               Atlanta       Tampa Bay    Atlanta      
Tennessee 4 over KANSAS CITY ..      1:00 Sunday    -            .......    Kansas City   Tennessee    Tennessee    
Indianapolis 10 1/2  over OAKLAND...   4:05 Sunday    -        ...        Indianapolis  Indianapolis Indianapolis 
DALLAS 10 1/2  over Philadelphia ....   4:15 Sunday    -        .........        Philadelphia  Dallas       Dallas       
N.Y. GIANTS 4 1/2  over Washington  8:15 Sunday    NBC (Channel 4)  Washington    Washington   Washington   
MINNESOTA 10 over Chicago    ..       8:30 Monday    ESPN    .....         Minnesota     Chicago      Minnesota    
Last week                           -              -          ..............................................       9-7          11-5         6-10         
Season total (without Thu. game)    -              -        .......................        103-93-11     96-100-11    93-103-11
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<KEYWORDS>
football
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