Here’s the bad news for the Plant High football team. This year’s Panther squad, winners of a Florida State Championship three of the last four years, only has a few starters back from last year’s Class 5A state title team. Four to be exact.
Here’s the good news: Rivals.com has discounted such personnel turnover and has Plant number 1 in the country in its pre-season rankings.
Here’s the bad news: That ranking has already been posted in the locker room of every one of Plant’s 2010 opponents. The Rivals’ ranking guarantees that Plant will sport a gigantic bulls’ eye this season. Everybody wants to beat number 1. As much as everyone around here wants to beat Plant anyhow, the motivation just ratcheted up big time.
Here’s the good news: Plant somehow manages to find a way.