What Air Force fans need to know as the Falcons begin Mountain West Conference play. Who, where, when: Air Force (1-1, 0-0 MWC) at UNLV (0-3, 0-0 MWC), Saturday, 10 p.m. Eastern. TV: Altitude (check here to see if it’s available in your area; Barry Tompkins and Jay Leeuwenberg have the call) Gambling is illegal in most states (but not Nevada): Air Force is a 10.5-point favorite. Comforts of home?: This will be UNLV’s fourth-straight home game to open the season. They’ve loss all by eight points or less, including last week’s 35-27 defeat at the hands of Washington State.…
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Your usual Friday drill — a look at the most recent installment of “A Game of Honor,” the online Army-Navy “docu-drama” from CBS, and then a quick scroll down for the basics on Saturday’s academy games. All times Eastern. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ0t88XIsbI[/youtube] Army (3-7) at Temple (6-4, 4-3 Mid-American Conference), 2 p.m. TV: None. But ESPN3 will carry the game online with Scott Graham and Rob Harley in the booth. Game-time decision: Junior quarterback Trent Steelman, who hasn’t played since leaving Army’s Oct. 22 loss to Vanderbilt with an ankle injury, could make the start against the Owls. The Black Knights rolled…
UNLV used a barrage of 3-pointers to overcome a first half deficit and hand Air Force their sixth-straight loss last night in Las Vegas. Air Force (8-10, 0-6 Mountain West) was led by junior Tom Fow and senior Grant Parker, who each finished with 11 points. The Falcons were ahead by three points at the half before UNLV’s Kendall Wallace knocked down four consecutive 3-pointers early in the second half to help give the Runnin’ Rebels a lead they would not relinquish. Here’s a game story. Here’s the box score. The loss was Air Force’s 22nd consecutive defeat in MWC…