They have always been overrated even when they were "good" and they wracked up their wins vs very bad Clemson teams for the most part. I was disappointed in the 06/07 away/home games because we thought we were turning the corner, but we had a few years to go.
06 we were pounding the rock until VT realized we had ZERO downfield passing game. That was a sickening loss. Much like this years title game, once they realized what to do, it was checkmate.