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A brief history of Louisville-Wake Forest: College football’s greatest rivalry

Rivalry hierarchy is a constant conversation in college sports. In football, you’ve got Ohio State-Michigan, Army-Navy, Auburn-Alabama, Texas-Oklahoma, and of course, Louisville-Wake Forest.

If you’re not familiar with why the nation is referring to the series between the Cardinals and Demon Deacons as “the new and improved Ohio State-Michigan,” then here’s a quick refresher course:

March 22, 1996

Wake Forest deals Louisville a 60-59 Sweet 16 loss in a game where Tim Duncan fouled out but got away with it and then walked and got away with it to score the game’s deciding basket.