2008 year in review (in NFL and NCAA football)

There were many notable events that occurred in the year 2008. That year was George W. Bush's last year as President of the United States because a year later, Barack Obama would take office. In the Olympics in Beijing China, "Michael Phelps won eight straight gold medals."

In the NFL, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals played each other in the Super Bowl after the 2008 season. The Steelers won that game. But, that same year holds another more infamous occurrence. The previous season, in 2007, the Detroit Lions achieved seven wins. Even though they had star Wide Receiver Calvin Johnson, they could not win even one game in 2008. A regular season record that disastrous had never happened before in NFL history. They went from a perfect pre-season to not winning a single game in the regular season while the Green Bay Packers went 6-10, despite the efforts of Quarterback Aaron Rodgers and Wide Receiver Jordy Nelson.

Dejected Detroit Lions fans after the haunting 2008 season.


In the 2008 NCAA football season, The University of Pittsburgh Panthers, Nebraska Corhuskers, and Michigan State Spartans were all 9-4 overall. Both the Virginia Tech Hokies and Georgia Bulldogs achieved ten wins. The Texas Longhorns won twelve games, and the Arizona Wildcats won eight games. In the NCAA, the University of Washington Huskies went winless in all twelve games, much like the Detroit Lions in the NFL. In the National Championship, the Florida Gators defeated the Oklahoma Sooners. For the most part, 2008 was a season of excellence in college football.

The Detroit Lions went winless while the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Florida Gators won championships. The year 2008 was a year that will be forever remembered throughout football history.