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3rd floor has some other exhibits but to be honest my wife and I were a bit done at that point which we went down to the exit which of course is through the gift shop. There are some cool things in the gift shop but they are very over priced.

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I will say that this is more of a Museum of college football than it is a Hall of Fame. I walked out not knowing anyone who was actually a part of the hall of fame (granted I may have missed an exhibit that did display this). They decided to leave all the plaques and busts up in South Bend in order to be a more fun and interactive experience. I will be honest and say that I am not the football expert that would have fun looking at plaques and busts. There are some that will not like this fact and I can understand that.

The 3rd floor is the actual Hall of Fame

The first floor is the entrance/gift shop/interactive field area
The second floor is the museum
The third floor is the Hall of Fame, which (as you said) does not feature busts or plaques. Instead, it is a circular room (the top portion of the football you see from outside) with many of these touch screen stands. You can look up any HoFer from any school, but the stands will initially pull up the guys from your school based on your RFID chip. The stands swivel and rotate, so you pan it left an right to reveal all the players and coaches. When you see one that interests you, you tap the player on the screen and it will pull up biographic info, video clips, pictures, etc.

It's a spectacular exhibit and really does everyone enshrined in there justice.