I guess national championships aren't a big deal, especially 3 in 12 years.
Programs with 3 NCs in 12 years is a SHORT list:
recent Bama
90s Nebraska
80s Miami
Switzer OU
50s OU
WWII ND
30s Minny
and
turn-of-the-century Florida
.
That's it.
No, I meant that fundamentally there is not much difference in the school/program between Florida, Clemson, and A&M.
Take a 2nd/3rd tier school for example. Let's pick Texas Tech, Kansas State, Mississippi State, Iowa State.
Does their stadium hold 100,000+ fans, packed every weekend?
Does their program have the $$$ available to hire the best coaches, and retain them?
Are they able to recruit on an elite level, and more importantly, can they offer good NIL benefits?
Is the campus conveniently located in fertile recruiting grounds, and close to large population cities?
FYI I consider Florida to be a 21BB, or 21st century Blue Blood. But I also note that before about 1990, Florida had little to no success at all. They never won the SEC (or maybe almost never), they were stuck in the middle. So in about 30 years Florida has worked it's way, way up the CFB list.
