(That's in reference to Georgia coming in to land five-star DC St. John's linebacker Mekhail Sherman last night). For a long time, it was tough for national programs - particularly SEC schools, which don't typically have the same academic draw for kids from good academic/athletic high schools - to penetrate the DMV. Ohio State and Alabama started to chip away at it, and now there's basically open season for anyone.
Hokies have to re-establish themselves as a team that everybody has to beat if they want a prospect from the DMV. They don't have to be the program, even, just a major contender for top talent (and Sherman is just the latest in a long line of top-ranked kids who committed to out-of-region programs without even having VT on a shortlist).
