With Black Friday approaching I'm keeping an eye open for a portable generator for the RV (and home emergency). Looking at dual fuel in the 3000-3500 watt area. While reading reviews I've run across multiple people having issues in altitude over 5000 ft.
I realize the air is different but wouldn't the fix be a simple carburetor adjustment? I'm not very handy but could probably do that.
Anyone have any experience with this?

Tuesday-Wednesday Night MACtion starts up again tonight. Miami (OH) @ Ohio should be a pretty decent game at 6 pm on ESPN2.

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Important one for the Group of 5 Playoff bid on Friday Night: Tulane @ Memphis 8 pm on ESPN

Full Week Slate: https://lsufootball.net/tvschedule.htm

No. 16 Iowa State starts the regular season off with an 88-50 win over Fairleigh Dickinson at Hilton Coliseum.

Watch everything T.J. Otzelberger, Tamin Lipsey and Momcilovic said following the game below. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2025/11/...psey-and-milan-momcilovic-said-after-fdu-win/

Milan Momcilovic returns to form and Tamin Lipsey returns to the court. The Cyclones needed those two in in different ways and got key performances from both. Jake Brend reports from Hilton following Iowa State's 88-50 win over Fairleigh Dickinson at the link below.
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Iowa State women's basketball starts the season with an 85-36 win over St. Thomas and showed a lot of fight on defense and some newfound energy at point guard. Jake Brend reports from Hilton Coliseum.

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No. 14 Iowa State gets the season underway with a 49 point win over St. Thomas.

Watch everything Bill Fennelly, Audi Crooks and Reese Beaty said following the win.

The Cyclone men get the regular season underway tonight at 7 p.m. against Fairleigh Dickinson.

It's okay if you don't know a ton about the Knights because our own Jackson Pence did a deep dive into FDU's roster. Check out the full preview below. https://cyclonefanatic.com/2025/11/...es-open-2025-2026-season-against-the-knights/

On Monday’s Daily Clone, Jake Brend monologues on the current state of Iowa State football and what has caused the four game losing streak, how Matt Campbell raising the standard is a double-edged sword and what the Cyclones can do to turn it around.

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Since 2018, I have been on the sidelines taking pictures for 27 P4 games between Ames, Iowa City, and Madison. What I have seen this year has convinced me that we are still little brother. Why do I say that? The fans.

Kinnick is far and away a louder and tougher environment to play than Jack Trice. "But JustBecause, its because their stadium is set up better for sound." You would not be wrong in saying that. The pictures below highlight the differences in spacing between the field and the fans at both locations. The fans in Kinnick are considerably closer. There are as many as 13 rows of fans behind the other teams bench before our first row.




But thats not what I am talking about. The 1st half of the BYU game was the first game this season, where fans were loud the whole time. And then the fans quit. We had a 4 point lead and it took 3rd down and the PA announcer to get people to stand up and make noise. Kinnick is loud even when they are on offense and they shouldnt be. With the exception of a couple of endzone sections, they stand the entire game.

I saw a number of people on twitter calling out the south endzone for only being partially full during the game and for good reason.


However the East side isnt much better:


Add in the West side of the stadium sitting on their hands most of the game and there you have it.


"But JustBecause, the team is playing poorly and they arent giving us anything to cheer about." No. Its our jobs as fans to create the environment and help them even when they are down. The first half of BYU showed what difference the crowd can make with 2 false starts in a row. In the second half, we were ahead by 4 points and couldnt be bothered to make noise outside of 3rd down. Its sad really.

Here ya go...game one!

Check out your memory and see how well you can remember these 6 former point guards for Iowa State. Take the quiz now.

Saturday, Nov. 15
11:00 (FS1) - Arizona at Cincinnati
11:00 (ESPNU) - Kansas State at Oklahoma State
12:00 (TNT) - West Virginia at Arizona State
2:30 (FOX) - UCF at Texas Tech
6:00 (ESPN2) - Utah at Baylor
9:15 (ESPN) - TCU at BYU

Open: Colorado, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas

Tickets are only $18

Jacqueline Cordova takes Colin Newell, Jake Remsburg, and Jirehl Brock through their thoughts amidst the 4-game losing streak for the Cyclones. What happened to the offense? All this and more presented by Wyffels Hybrids.

VS


FDU (0-0, 0-0 NEC)
#16 IOWA STATE (0-0, 0-0 BIG 12)
MONDAY, November 3RD 7:00 P.M. CST
HILTON COLISEUM / AMES, IA


TV: ESPN+
Talent: Alex Cohen, pxp Derrin Hansen, analyst Shannon Ehrhardt (Sideline)

Radio: Cyclone Radio Network (Varsity Network)
CRN Talent: John Walters (pxp); Eric Heft (analyst)

Below are the rules.

Pick a team you think will win that weeks game. Pick only 1 team per week.
Don't pm me the pick, post on here you pick.
You can only pick that team ONCE the entire time you are in the game.
The goal is to advance and be the last person standing.
You have till the start of the last game of week 1 to enter.
You have up until the start time of the game you picked to switch When making a switch please edit your original pick post. If you make a second post I will take that as your switching picks.
If your team loses, you are out for the competition.
If you skip a week of picks, you are out.
You can switch as many times up until the game you have picked officially starts.
If you have questions, pm me
Post 2 of the thread will have the possible games you can pick.
Post 3 of the thread will have players left and who they have picked.

25 left

A reminder regarding tiebreaker points: If your team wins and covers you gain an extra bonus point. If you take a undefeated team who is the underdog you gain the point for them covering plus another bonus point. As the season goes on the number of teams undefeated being a underdog greatly diminish so take advantage while you can.

Taking a double digit underdog who wins gets you 3 bonus points

3 teams plays 2 FBS in this time period Fresno St. Hawaii and and Sam Houston State. If you take them before their first game they will need to win twice for you to advance.


I will be using ESPN's Lines. Line will be the line at kickoff for tiebreaker points.


Bringing back the reward for top finisher other than bragging rights. Since this is a contest on Cyclone Fanatic I like the idea of the reward going back to helping ISU athletics.
For the top 3 CYCLONE Fan finishers (Hawks fans are as always are welcome to play but this is a contest on a Cyclone fan board) I will donate $75, $50 and $25 to @brentblum and We Will on your behalf.

Rules/How to Play if you are new:
Pick a team you think will win that weeks game. Pick only 1 team per week.
Post your pick in the thread, do NOT pm it to me
You can only pick that team ONCE the entire time you are in the game.
The goal is to advance and be the last person standing.
Only games that have a FBS school facing another FBS school are eligible to be picked.
You have up until the start time of the game you picked to switch.
Please if you are changing your pick edit your original post.
If your team loses, you are out for the competition.
If you skip a week of picks, you are out.
You can switch as many times up until the game you have picked officially starts.
Post 2 of the thread will have the possible games you can pick.
Post 3 will have each player and their previous week's picks.
You can only pick teams that are undefeated (they will be bolded).
You can't join in during the middle of the season.
Please include prior weeks picks with your pick for the week.
Have any questions, pm me or ask in the thread. Thanks!

Chris Williams & Brent Blum discuss the big stories surrounding Iowa State football following Saturday’s loss to Arizona State. Should Iowa State consider a quarterback change? How bad can this get? Breaking down the current setup in the Big 12 and more, presented by Mechdyne.

Do you all get the Sunday Scaries, i.e. the dread and worry that Sunday afternoon/evening brings, knowing a full week of work is ahead?

I have a mostly stressless job, but evenso, every Sunday I mourn the impending loss of freedom that Monday brings.

If this is you, what are your coping mechanisms, or how do you reframe things in your mind to help?