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rK DETROIT FREE PRESSWEDNESDAY. AUG. 30. 1978 5D Lions are favored by 8 over Packers in opener MONDAY Dallas 12 (down from 13) over Baltimore. Two important college games this weekend: Friday night," Penn State 24 over Temple; Saturday, Alabama 12 over Nebraska.

last year's AFC champion, is second choice at 2-1, San Diego 4-1, Kansas City 25-1 and Seattle 40-1. AFC EAST: Injuries to quarterbacks Bob Griese of the Dolphins and Bert Jones of the Colts have turned the three-way charge projected by everyone into a clear choice of New England as the'opening day favorite at even money, Baltimore and Miami as second choices at 3-1 each, the New York Jets 10-1 and Buffalo 50-1. NEW YORK After a foreshortened exhibition season, nredictions seem risky, but there are two picks when the NFL opens officially Saturday that seem as sure as anything can be in a game of vulnerable quarterbacks: Dallas will win the NFC East and Los Angeles the NFC West. Here's the way they'll finish: NFC EAST: With the dropoff of Washington and St. Louis, the Cowboys should win the division by at least three games.

After Dallas at 1-5, 1 rate Washington at 7-1 and the remaining three clubs Philadelphia, St. Louis and the New York Giants at 10-1 each. Manager quits LONDON (AP) Tom Johnston, manager of Hud-dersfield Town, the English Fourth Division soccer team, resigned from the club for the second time Tuesday. now '92 879-2420 unmt yuiw wwu? sota an 8-5 favorite, Detroit second at 5-2, Tampa Bay and the Chicago Bears (besides Buffalo the only 0-4 team in the preseason) 5-1 each, and Green Bay 20-1. AFC CENTRAL: On the basis of what they've shown so far, Houston has to rate as co-favorite with the perennial kings of this division, the Pittsburgh Steelers, each team at 9-5 with Cincinnati and Cleveland 7-2 each.

1- NFC WEST: Despite the change of coaches, the Rams are still favorites in a division of also-rans. After Los Angeles at 2-5, San Francisco and Atlanta are 4-1 each, and New Orleans Here's how the individual matchups look this weekend: SATURDAY Tampa Bay 1 over NY Giants. SUNDAY Detroit 8 (up from 7) over Green Bay; Los Angeles 6 over Philadelphia; Miami 4 over NY Jets; Pittsburgh 10 over Buffalo; Cleveland 3 over San Francisco; New England 8 (up from 7) over Washington; Houston 2 (up from 1) over Atlanta; Cincinnati 7 over Kansas City; Minnesota 6 over New Orleans; Chicago 3 over St. Louis; Oakland 4 over Denver; San Diego 6 over Seattle. ORTEX St ft mw mm U.I AFC WEST: It's even that the Oakland Raiders will reestablish themselves at the top of this division, while Denver, NFC CENTRAL: Shaping up as a real scuffle, with the team that beats Tampa Bay two games the winner.

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I never set out to play one game better than the others." Barney has his investments to look after but has no business interests to occupy his time, so his plans for the future are still uncertain. If the opportunity comes along, he'd like to try his voice and his expertise as a football commentator. v. everything I had. I can't say I didn't give it my all.

I've had the blessings of God all these years and I'm sure he will continue to be my Lord and Savior. "COACH CLARK SAID I'd done everything he asked. .1 just got caught up in a rebuilding thing. "You know, they were rebuilding when I came in here in 1967," Barney said with a trace of a chuckle in his voice. "It's just a damn shame that nothing was ever built up around me.

That's the one thing I never had, aside from the personal accolades. I never had a championship." Barney admitted that he had wondered about his fate when Clark was hired and it became evident that he would rebuild the Lions with an emphasis on youth. "You could see it when he came in, that he was rebuilding toward a younger team," he noted. "He's just about done that now." Lem feels he "still has serviceability" left, but he is not. second-guessing Clark's decision to replace him with rookie Luther Bradley, the Lions' No.

1 draft choice last spring. "It's easy to look from the outside and, even being on the inside you question it when you're there," Barney admitted. "That's something we have no control over though. We're just a byproduct. You question it but there's no justifiable answer for it." INHIS 11 YEARS with the Lions, Barney has missed only 14 SALES HOriTEJI fm) RUSTPR00FINQ INC.

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In fact, that's the first thing he talked to the Lions about when he got them together Tuesday morning after two days off. "I think one of the problems was that there had been a lot of disruptions because of movement on the team," he explained. "Everybody was concerned if they were going to be here or not." WITH THE cuts he made in the running backs, it appears Clark has confidence that fullback Lawrence. Gaines is ready to make his comeback from three knee operations. The first-year Lions' coach was hoping to be impressed by Brockington, but in the brief time he was with the team, it just didn't happen, so he decided to keep veteran Andy Bolton instead.

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2, 1978 a halfback lately so that swung It in his favor," Clark said. Dexter Bussey and Rick Kane are listed 1-2 as the halfbacks, with Horace King and Gaines at fullback. Rally captures handball title Third-seeded Ed Novak of Warren and Rudy Wilson of Southfield came from behind twice to upset top-seeded and defending champion Ron Hiple of Royal Oak and Al Wetter of Garden City, 9-21, 21-8, 11-10, to win the Michigan Handball Association's Palmer Park three-wall Open Doubles championship Tuesday night. After dropping the first set and winning the second, Novak and Wilson trailed 7-10 in the tiebreaker before rallying to win the title. Larry Brown and Ray Kunkel defeated Bob Hilsinger and Mike Fazola, 21-14, 21-8, for third place.

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