Reggie Rembert News

U.S. Air Force Academy junior defensive back Reggie Rembert tackles a San Diego State wide receiver during the Air Force's 26-14 win over San Diego State Sept.

PROVO, Utah The Air Force football team should consider this slogan for the 2010 season: The Falcons, owners of fourth place in the Mountain West, limped away from Saturday's 38-21 rout at the hands of the massive and elderly Brigham Young Cougars.

Air Force at No. 22 BYU Today, 1:30 p.m., LaVell Edwards Stadium Grass Provo TV: CBS C Radio: 1160AM, 102.7 FM About 40 degrees at kickoff.

The Falcons are in the middle of a long, tense football season, and players don't have time to indulge in brotherly pageantry.

They are everything Army's football team aspires to be. They have a steady, not spectacular, offense that plays error-free. A swarming defense that creates nearly three turnovers per game.

Luke Hyder doesn't worry much about his assignments when he lines up at safety for Air Force.

FACTS & STATS: Site: Hughes Stadium -- Fort Collins, Colorado. Television: The Mtn.

Ben Garland could have played college football at New Mexico, where he would have learned the unique 3-3-5 defense run by former coach Rocky Long.

Gary Patterson has been through this before. And with every victory from here on out, he's going to have to deal with it even more: Talk about playing in a Bowl Championship Series Bowl and perhaps a national championship game.

Air Force sophomore quarterback Connor Dietz will be held out of practice Monday because of an injury he suffered to his right hand in Saturday's 23-16 overtime loss at Utah.

Utah runningback Eddie Wide is brought down by Air Force linebacker Andre Morris after a gain of 13-yards during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game at Rice-Eccles Stadium, Saturday Oct.

Needing one more victory to become bowl eligible, the 19th-ranked Utah Utes welcome the Air Force Falcons to Salt Lake City for a Mountain West Conference showdown at Rice-Eccles Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

Andy Dalton and No. 10 TCU slid their way through the icy mist, freezing cold and Air Force defense Saturday to keep their BCS hopes alive with a dicey 20-17 win over the Falcons.

THREE THINGS TO WATCH 1. WILL AIR FORCE'S OFFENSE SCORE A TOUCHDOWN? Air Force has scored just four offensive touchdowns in four games against Football Bowl Subdivision opponents, including none in its past two contests.

AIR FORCE: The Falcons didn't do much on offense, but with four field goals by Erik Soderberg and a pair of defensive touchdowns the team really didn't have to in the 26-14 win against San Diego State at home.

As Navy senior linebacker Ross Pospisil made his way to practices and team meetings this week, he got a reminder of what is at stake on Saturday when the Midshipmen host rival Air Force. Every time he passed through the locker room, he saw the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, which Navy has possessed for the past six seasons as the winner of the annual football competition between the service academies.

'It's something that we treasure, and that we definitely want to keep around here,' Pospisil said of the distinctive three-sided trophy. 'And we have to be very careful not to take it for granted.'

Posted by ESPN.com's Graham Watson Air Force cornerback Reggie Rembert got in some undisclosed trouble this offseason and almost missed his junior season.

Now it gets serious for Air Force. And not just because the Falcons face archrival Navy this week in arguably the most important game to date in coach Troy Calhoun's three-year tenure.

Air Force is a third of the way through its regular season. We'll start finding out how good the Falcons are next week.

The last time Air Force played at home, Reggie Rembert was sitting in the stands, stewing over his suspension and wishing he could be on the field instead of among the fans.