with the invention of various technologies. The reason VT was competing at a higher level in the past is because VT was able to find more diamonds in the rough. Now it isn't so easy to find those diamonds in the rough. Plus, ratings have gotten a little more accurate because recruiting firms have access to a lot more information on a particular recruit. It is becoming less common for a recruiting firm to rate a recruit as a 3-star and the recruit ends of playing like a high 4-star or 5-star in college.