September, 2014 Athlete of the Month

August is here.

Serena Williams.  Runners-up:  Floyd Mayweather, Marcus Mariota, Andrew Luck

9 months down - 3 to go in the race for the 2014 Athlete of the Year.  

January - Kevin Durant

February - Malcolm Smith

March - Breanna Stewart

April- Meb Keflezigh

May - Troy Tulowitzki

June - Lionel Messi

July -  Novak Djokovic

August - Rory McIlroy

September - Serena Williams

I Pick Football Games, Week 4 2014

Last week is here.

College 9-20
NFL 10-10

Arizona St + 4 UCLA loss
Tenn + 17 UGA win
Indiana -4 Mary loss
Iowa -9 Purdue win
Syracuse +12 ND loss
UTSA -5.5 FAU loss
Nev -5 SJ St win

3-4
12-24


NYG +3.5 Wash win
Tenn +7.5 Ind loss
Oak +4 Mia loss
TB +7.5 Pitt win
Jax +12.5 SD loss
SF -5 Phil push
Minn +3 Atl win

3-3
13-13

I Pick Football Games, Week 3 2014

Last week is here.

NFL 7-3
NCAA 6-13

I'm doubling up on my NFL picks this week.

Tampa +6 Atlanta loss
StL +1.5 Dall loss 
NYG +2 Hou win
Buff -2.5 SD loss
Jax +7 Indy loss
Tenn +6.5 Cin loss
Den +5 Sea loss
Pitt +3.5 Carol win
Det -2.5 GB win
NYJ -3 Chi loss
3-7
10-10

UConn +2 SFla loss 
FAU +4 Wyo win
Fla +14.5 Ala loss
Mia OH +28 Cin win
Mia +7 Neb loss 
Idaho +13.5 Ohio win
Ill -14 Tex St loss 
N Ill +14.5 Ark loss 
Wake +5 Arm loss
Ari -9.5 Cal loss 

3-7
9-20

Top Ten Side Projects by Members of The State

2014-15 might be one of the biggest years for former members of The State with Ken Marino and Tom Lennon scoring leads in network sitcoms.  Leading to this - the ten best side projects by members of the State.  This is only a list of their own projects, ones where they had some level of prominence/creative input as to ones where they were relatively small hired hands on larger endeavors (so, Memento doesn't count, Night at the Museum does).

1. Stella (both stage and television series)
2. Children's Hospital
3. Burning Love
4. Reno 911 (series and film)
5. My Custom Van
6. Topics
7. Wet Hot American Summer
8. Wanderlust
9. Mike and Tom Eat Snacks
10. @michaelianblack

10 Best Television Shows of 2014 (July-Sep)

April through June is here.

75% of 2014 is gone, here's the next ten shows as we work through 2014.

1. Please Like Me (Pivot)
2. Last Week Tonight (HBO)
3. You're the Worst (FXX)
4. Masters of Sex (HBO)
5. The Daily Show (Com Cen)
6. The Colbert Report (Com Cen)
7. Wilfred (FXX)
8. Nathan For You (Com Cen)
9. Almost Royal (BBCA)
10. Married at First Sight (FYI)