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Asking the older farmers

I’m watching a video on the YouTube channel Vice Grip Garage where he is starting a 1952 John Deere M tractor. The temp is around 0 degrees and it is snowing. It’s been sitting in the trees for a while. He said they were going to warm it up by building a small fire underneath the engine. Was wondering if any of you guys ever had that experience?

He did get it going, by the way.
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BASKETBALL ***RELEASE: Lipsey Earns CSC Academic All-America Honors***

Iowa State Media Relations

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State sophomore point guard Tamin Lipsey has been named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-America Second Team, the organization announced Wednesday morning.

Lipsey is just the eighth Cyclone men’s basketball player to be named a CSC Academic All-American and just the third to do so in the same season as being named an All-American on the floor. He joins Fred Hoiberg (1995) and Melvin Ejim (2014), as both were named an All-American by Basketball Times. Lipsey is the first player in school history to earn AP All-America and CSC Academic All-America honors in the same season.

The award recognizes the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the court and in the classroom. Student-athletes must have a 3.5 cumulative GPA and the proper athletic accomplishments to make the ballot. Lipsey was previously named to the Academic All-District® team and advanced to the national ballot.

All student-athletes are required to have one year in residence or be a transfer to be eligible for the team. Lipsey was the only sophomore selected to the 15-member team.

Lipsey was a finalist for the Naismith National Defensive Player of the Year, the Lefty Driesell Defensive Player of the Year and the Lute Olson National Player of the Year. He was also selected to the Big 12 Championship All-Tournament team after leading the Cyclones to their sixth Big 12 Championship. He was also named an NABC First Team All-District selection. Lipsey has also been named to the All-Big 12 First Team and Big 12 All-Defensive Team this season.

Lipsey averaged 12.4 points, 4.9 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.7 steals this year. He is one of 17 players in the country, and the first in Big 12 history, to average those numbers since 1996-97. Lipsey had a school-record steal streak of 34-straight games snapped this season. It was the second longest streak in the country. He has a steal in 66 of the 69 games he has played.

BASKETBALL ***RELEASE: Iowa State's Otzelberger Named Finalist for Jim Phelan College Coach of the Year***

Iowa State Media Relations

BOSTON, Mass. – Iowa State men’s basketball head coach T.J. Otzelberger has been named a finalist for the 2024 Jim Phelan College Coach of the Year. Otzelberger is one of 20 coaches across the country named as finalist, including two from the Big 12.

In his third season at the helm, Otzelberger has led the Cyclones to a Top 10 ranking for the second time, as the Cyclones sit 27-7 overall on the year and are currently ranked No. 4 in the nation after winning the Big 12 Championship this past weekend.

Iowa State has a nation-leading 10 wins over AP Top 10 teams under Otzelberger. Iowa State’s 20 AP Top 25 wins under Otzelberger are also the most in the nation. His 68 wins at Iowa State are the third-most in school history by a coach in their first three years, trailing only Larry Eustachy (72) and Tim Floyd (69).

The Jim Phelan Award is named in honor of a legendary bow-tied coach who spent his entire head coaching career at Mount Saint Mary’s University.

Phelan graduated from La Salle University in 1951 and played one season in the NBA with the Philadelphia Warriors. After a brief professional career, Phelan went to Mount St. Mary’s as an assistant in 1953. One year later he began his historical career as a head coach.

He led the Mountaineers to 16 Division II NCAA tournaments. Five times they advanced to the Final Four and he led them to the DII National Championship in 1962. When he retired in 2003, after coaching for 49 years, he had amassed 830 wins (overall record of 830-524) in all divisions. In those 49 years, 19 of his teams amassed 20 or more wins in a season. In 2008 he was inducted into National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame.

Phelan passed away on June 15, 2021 at the age of 92 at his home in Emmitsburg, Md.

The recipient of the annual award is determined by a 10-member voting committee, which consists of current and former head coaches, as well as two senior staff members of collegeinsider.com.

The 2024 award will be announced in Phoenix, AZ, site of the men’s Division I Basketball Championship.

Common sense

Glad to see that it still exists in some places. Feminists and true supporters of women’s rights should be celebrating this as it protects biological women (actual women) from having to compete against men. Bravo NAIA

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