I voted for '08 simply due to seeing Spikes decleat Moreno. Of course seeing him knock two guys out cold in person in high school I knew the potential.
Spikes was the most gamechanging LB I've seen at UF. (Im too young to remember Marshall at UF. He was in the pro's by the time I remember.) Spikes was a unanamious 1st team AllSEC, a rare feat. Hicks and Stamper were just solid, not elite by any means.
Rutledge was elite, Preseaso All SEC, and All SEC 2nd team at the end. Peterson was actually better than Rutledge and SOS even mentioned on several occasions that he graded out as the best LB. His pro career seems to have validated that. Peterson was all SEC 2nd team. Kearse was a great pass rusher, and All SEC 1st team, but, frankly, terrible at everything else. I just dont thinknthe voters were ever going to vote for all the LBs from one team one the AllSEC 1st team. Tinerc lucked their way into a championship that year and it too influenced the voters.
I take 98 over 06, but if I could sub Spikes into that lineup, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
06 was a step back (Everett and Siler were 2nd team All SEC).
12 was just ok. Bostic was second team all SEC in one poll, not even listed on the other. Stats under Chimp were funky bc people knew they could beat us if they scored 14 and then just played safe.