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9602020877
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<PUBLICATION>
DETROIT FREE PRESS
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<DATE>
961026
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<TDATE>
Saturday, October 26, 1996
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<EDITION>
METRO FINAL
</EDITION>
<SECTION>
SPT
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<PAGE>
4B
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<BYLINE>
MITCH ALBOM, PERRY A. FARRELL, CURT SYLVESTER,
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<MEMO>

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<COPYRIGHT>
Copyright (c) 1996, Detroit Free Press
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<HEADLINE>
FREE PRESS PRO PICKS
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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.

 THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE      TIME    ALBOM'S FARRELL'S
SYLVESTER'S  VINCENT'S 
PICKS  PICKS   PICKS    PICKS 
 
  DETROIT 10 over NY Giants    1:00 Sunday  
  Giants    Giants    Detroit   Giants 
  BALTIMORE 6 1/2 over St. Louis    1:00 Sunday St. Louis
Baltimore  Baltimore  Baltimore 
  CINCINNATI 3 over Jacksonville    1:00 Sunday  
  Jacksonville  Cincinnati  Cincinnati  Jacksonville 
  GREEN BAY 17 over Tampa Bay    1:00 Sunday  
  Tampa Bay  Tampa Bay  Green Bay  Tampa Bay 
  PHILADELPHIA 5 over Carolina    1:00 Sunday  
  Carolina  Carolina  Philadelphia  Carolina 
  Pittsburgh 5 1/2 over ATLANTA    1:00 Sunday Pittsburgh
Atlanta  Pittsburgh  Pittsburgh 
  San Francisco 5 over HOUSTON    1:00 Sunday  
  Houston  Houston  Houston  Houston 
  WASHINGTON 2 1/2 over Indianapolis   1:00 Sunday Indianapolis
Washington  Indianapolis  Washington
  ARIZONA 4 over NY Jets      4:00 Sunday  
  Arizona  Jets  Arizona   Arizona 
  Dallas 3 1/2 over MIAMI      4:00 Sunday Dallas  Miami
  Miami    Miami 
  DENVER 3 1/2 over Kansas City    4:00 Sunday Kansas City
Denver  Kansas City  Kansas City 
  SEATTLE 1 over San Diego     4:00 Sunday  
  San Diego  Seattle  San Diego  San Diego 
  NEW ENGLAND 4 over Buffalo    8:00 Sunday  
  New England  New England  Buffalo  Buffalo 
  MINNESOTA 6 1/2 over Chicago    9:00 Monday Minnesota
Minnesota  Minnesota  Minnesota 
  LAST WEEK  5-7-0  3-9-0  5-7-0  6-6-0
  OVERALL  55-52-0  50-57-0  61-46-0  58-49-0
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THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED ARTICLE.
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<KEYWORDS>
FOOTBALL
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