re: List of Athletic Departments With Blueblood Status in More Than One of the Big 3 Sports

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Director's Cup ? ? ?

Funny we never heard about that here until UTranny came.

Women's athletics...keeping the UTranny trophy case alive since 2005.

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YOU didn't hear about it because LSU will never be in the running. Florida fans are a different story.

Yet you would swap our history in the big three during your lifetime in a heartbeat.

Let me help you out with something. When I think of Blue Blood, I think of a couple of things. Teams that could cheat without receiving major penalties bc of their politics or money. Or teams that won a long time ago when it was much easier to win bc there was much less competition.

It’s not a coincidence that Texas has not done all that much the past 50 years in football when the rules were leveled out.

They're so fricking embarrassing

They act like they ran the Big12 for all those years, when it was actually OU that ran the conference.

Luckily they were able to win the Big12 in their last year to break their tiebreaker with...Baylor and K-State :lol:

A longhorn deflecting as soon as they get put in the corner. Go figure.

Now you run along and go listen to your dad tell you about the 60s again.

How did I deflect? I am giving Florida their flowers while calling you out as an Aggie.

This shite is straight out of the Fish Camp Handbook:

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It’s not a coincidence that Texas has not done all that much the past 50 years in football when the rules were leveled out.

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Gonna mention how the series is "almost even" in the last 50 years or so?

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Blue Bloods are set in stone and not subject to change at this point.

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It's like saying my dog is a mutt but she's almost an AKC registered purebreed because she looks a lot like a collie.

Florida is dominant track n.field indoor and outdoor

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I don't make the rules

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That guy is mentally ill and obsessed with Texas and Texas A&M. It's best to just let him argue with himself.
Dude has serious issues.

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Texas Football = 4 Claimed National Championships
Texas Baseball = 5 National Championships


LSU Football = 4 Claimed National Championships
LSU Baseball = 8 National Championships

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I don't think you understand what a blueblood is. It's not just about recent success (although I consider LSU to be THE bluest blood in college baseball. Others will disagree I'm sure)

Sustained success across many eras
All-time wins / winning percentage near the top
Legendary coaches and players
Major cultural pull — national fanbase, TV relevance, brand power
Respect even when they’re down
A standard where “good” seasons can still feel disappointing

The key part is historical permanence. A blue blood is not just “currently elite.” It’s a program whose name itself carries weight.

For example, in college football, schools usually brought up are Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan, USC, Oklahoma, Texas, and Nebraska. Some argue about programs like Georgia, LSU, Penn State, Miami, Florida, etc., but those are more “elite programs” or “new-money powers” depending on the argument.

In college basketball, blue blood usually means Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina, Duke, UCLA, and sometimes Indiana.

So the clean definition:

A blue blood is a historically prestigious program whose success spans generations and whose brand remains powerful even when the team isn’t currently winning titles.

Every source I check basically says the same thing. You don't have to like it, but we don't make the rules.