Some losses are easy to forget, others leave scars.
Louisville has handed N.C. State a pair of “forget-me-not” losses the past two seasons. The No. 24 Wolfpack (4-1, 2-0 ACC) will get another chance at the No. 17 Cardinals (4-1, 1-1 ACC), in the first game between ranked teams at Carter-Finley Stadium in 17 years, on Thursday night (8, ESPN).
In 2015, Louisville won a close game in Raleigh, 20-13, to snap N.C. State’s four-game winning streak to open the season.
Last year’s game at Louisville was the opposite of close. The Cardinals jumped all over a listless N.