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9601310770
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<PUBLICATION>
DETROIT FREE PRESS
</PUBLICATION>
<DATE>
961005
</DATE>
<TDATE>
Saturday, October 05, 1996
</TDATE>
<EDITION>
METRO FINAL
</EDITION>
<SECTION>
SPT
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<PAGE>
3B
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<ILLUSTRATION>
Chart
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<CAPTION>

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<BYLINE>
MITCH ALBOM; PERRY FARRELL; CURT SYLVESTER;
</BYLINE>
<AFFILIATION>

</AFFILIATION>
<MEMO>
FREE PRESS PRO PICKS
</MEMO>
<COPYRIGHT>
Copyright (c) 1996, Detroit Free Press
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<HEADLINE>

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<SUBHEAD>

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<CORRECTION>

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<BODY>
Free Press sports writers Mitch Albom, Perry A. Farrell, Curt Sylvester and
Charlie Vincent 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 are capitalized.

    ALBOM'S    FARRELL'S
PICKS    PICKS  
 THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE      TIME
 DETROIT 10 over  Atlanta    1:00 Sunday
    Atlanta    Detroit
 Green Bay 7 1/2 over CHICAGO    1:00 Sunday
    Green Bay  Green Bay
 MIAMI 8 over Seattle      1:00 Sunday
    Miami    Miami
 MINNESOTA 6 over Carolina    1:00 Sunday
    Minnesota  Minnesota
 New England 3 over BALTIMORE  1:00 Sunday
    New England  Baltimore
 Oakland 4 over NY JETS      1:00 Sunday
    Jets    Oakland
 BUFFALO 2 over Indianapolis    4:00  Sunday
    Indianapolis  Indianapolis  DENVER 3 1/2 over San Diego
   4:00 Sunday
    Denver    Denver
 NEW ORLEANS 2 over Jacksonville   4:00 Sunday
    Jacksonville  Jacksonville
 San Francisco 10 1/2 over ST. LOUIS  4:00 Sunday St. Louis  San
Francisco
 CINCINNATI 1 over Houston    8:00 Sunday
    Houston    Houston
 KANSAS CITY 4 over Pittsburgh    9:00 Monday
    Kansas City  Pittsburgh
 LAST WEEK  7-6-0    5-8-0
 OVERALL  36-33-0    32-37-0
 
      SYLVESTER'S  VINCENT'S 
    PICKS    PICKS  
 THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE      TIME
 DETROIT 10 over Atlanta    1:00  Sunday
    Detroit   Atlanta 
 Green Bay 7 1/2 over CHICAGO    1:00 Sunday
    Green Bay  Chicago 
 MIAMI 8 over Seattle      1:00 Sunday
    Miami    Miami 
 MINNESOTA 6 over Carolina    1:00 Sunday
    Minnesota  Carolina 
 New England 3 over BALTIMORE    1:00 Sunday
Baltimore  Baltimore 
 Oakland 4 over NY JETS      1:00 Sunday
    Oakland   Oakland 
 BUFFALO 2 over Indianapolis    4:00 Sunday
    Buffalo    Indianapolis 
 DENVER 3 1/2 over San Diego    4:00 Sunday
    San Diego  Denver 
 NEW ORLEANS 2 over Jacksonville   4:00 Sunday
    New Orleans  Jacksonville 
 San Francisco 10 1/2 over ST. LOUIS  4:00 Sunday
    San Francisco  St. Louis 
 CINCINNATI 1 over Houston    8:00 Sunday
    Houston  Cincinnati 
 KANSAS CITY 4 over Pittsburgh    9:00 Monday
    Pittsburgh  Pittsburgh 
 LAST WEEK  7-6-0    7-6-0 
 OVERALL  40-29-0   39-30-0
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<DISCLAIMER>
THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED ARTICLE.
</DISCLAIMER>
<KEYWORDS>
FOOTBALL;  FORECAST
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