To all the ND fans... coming from a Plymouth Viking fan, congrats on the chance to bring the gold back to the east. As far as all the mouth coming from the West, take it with a grain of salt! Plymouth has competed and won against those mountain boys and still struggle to gain respect. We have heard all the excuses from a weak schedule to not being able to take a hit. And guess what... when the whistle blew, they were always 2 teams fighting for the same thing. We won some, we lost some... but we always competed! I would expect Cherokee to be bigger and maybe a little more physical then nearly everyone you played this year. But it is 1 game for all the marbles, whoever controls the clock and has the least turnovers will win. Plymouth runs 4 run plays and 1 pass play, and everybody knows it. But guess what, we won several rings doing it. So I guess what I'm trying to say is.... go to Raleigh, do what you've been doing, and 2 things will happen. You'll win and the West will come up with some excuse on why, or you'll lose, and they will say I told you so. But you still can take pride in being 1 of 2 teams standing in 1a football right now. Enjoy the ride and send those mountain boys back with there tails between there legs!!! Viking Pride!!!! Go ND..