Being a potential powerhouse will not hinder any football program from entering the SEC. Being in the SEC will also open the door to recruiting hotbeds in states that the Hokies could never regularly recruit. That will only strengthen the Hokie football program. I remember the Razorbacks could only recruit in Arkansas & Texas and a little in northern Louisiana & western Oklahoma while in the SWC. Arkansas played 4 or 5 games every year within the state of Texas and there was always lots more Texans on those Razorback SWC teams than Arkansas natives. When Arkansas entered the SEC the recruiting expanded all into Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and southern Louisiana. You can look at the 2023 Arkansas recruiting class on 247. Arkansas now recruits over most of the eastern half of the US. Hokie recruiting will be expanded in the SEC with a good recruiting staff of coaches in the exact same way.