A lot has happened since the Louisville football program went head-to-head with Virginia Tech on the gridiron. At the time, the Cards were seen nationally as a rising program who was extremely close to knocking on the front door of the powers that be and becoming a nationally recognized University.
Virginia Tech was coming off one of the most incredible runs in college football behind Michael Vick and head coach Frank Beamer and were still seen as one of the most important programs in the country.
Here we are 13 years later and neither school has really moved the needle any closer to becoming a National Championship caliber program.