It's the biggest game of the year, and the UD football team is tired and banged-up.

But the Flyers don't want any pity and don't expect to get any from a Morehead State team that will be bent on revenge at the Pioneer Football League Championship Saturday.

Just three weeks ago, the Flyers, who captured the PFL North title with a win at San Diego Saturday, beat the PFL South Champion Eagles 30-20 at Welcome Stadium.

That's why the Eagles will be looking for revenge, but this time, there is far more on the line.

When the teams meet in Morehead Saturday at 1 p.m., the Flyers will have a shot at their second-straight PFL Championship while the Eagles will be looking to start their own streak.

The Eagles seem to have several advantages. While the Flyers were in California last weekend, the Eagles had a bye week, and with home-field advantage and the revenge factor, everything seems to favor the Eagles.

'I'm nervous,' UD head coach Mike Kelly said. 'We're very excited about representing the north division again in the PFL Championship, but it's certainly a major challenge to have these three games in a row. It's probably the biggest challenge we've had since I've been at Dayton, and I've been here a long time. It's going to be very tough.'

Aside from the obvious scheduling problems and the effects of three tough games in a row, UD will also be facing a very talented Morehead State squad.

The Eagles finished the regular season with a 9-2 record and are currently ranked third in the Football Gazette and Sports Network Division I-AA Mid Major Polls behind the second-ranked Flyers.

Of the Eagles' two losses, one was to the Flyers and the other came at the hands of Tusculum, one of the top teams in Division II.

Offensively for Morehead, quarterback David Caudill mans the controls and does it quite well. Caudill is one of the most efficient quarterbacks in Division I-AA and picked apart the Flyers' defense for 258 yards and also rushed for 89 yards in the game Nov. 9.

With Caudill under center, the Eagles average more than 400 yards of total offense, while allowing only 273 yards per game.

If the Eagles can put up those kinds of numbers against the Flyers, things could get interesting.

As for the revenge factor and the old saying that it's tough to beat a good team twice, Kelly doesn't put much stock in it.

'I don't know that it means much at all,' Kelly said. 'You can look at it from a lot of different perspectives. There's a saying that it's hard to beat a team twice in one year, and I don't know if they keep statistics on that so it's hard to say if that's really true.

'But I will say this: We have a better chance of beating them twice than they do of beating us twice."

In terms of preparation this week, Kelly said it's all about digging deep and uniting as a team to win one last game.

'We're a little tired and a little sore,' Kelly said. 'But we're all going to try to just pull together and squeeze out one more victory."