However, there are certain programs (i.e. Michigan, Nebraska, USC, Alabama, Notre Dame, Texas, Oklahoma) that are considered to be the "bluebloods" within college football. Even though they started their football programs around the same time as VT and in some cases after VT, They were able to find and sustain a high level of success (even during down years) early on in their program's history. I would think all those years of "success" has given the school an advantage over VT in terms of the size of the revenue stream. Now I am not just talking about the dollars associated with TV contracts, but size of the stadiums, the amount of money generated from home games, apparel dollars, advertising dollars, and the amount of money raised by the booster club.

What we may find out in the future is whether a school (aka relatively new kid on the block) can overcome the head start given to a blueblood and either catch up or overtake it. Can a school like VT catch up to where its revenue stream is on par or greater to a school like Michigan? Or is the head start too much and that school will always be playing catch-up to some degree?