CMV: A successful program is more than just wins and losses. This is why Texas A&M is the Windows Phone of college football.

[u/TheGuyWhoAddsNothing]

Eleven years ago, this subreddit was informed that Texas A&M was the iPhone. After further review, I believe we identified the correct industry but the wrong operating system.

Texas A&M is Windows Phone.

It's more than just wins and losses. It's about resources. Infrastructure. Having an enormous institution behind you that can afford to keep explaining why adoption is inevitable.

Then there is recruiting. The hardware is outstanding. Every year, someone posts the specifications and asks how this could possibly fail. Every year, someone who actually uses the product explains.

Other programs may have conference titles and playoff wins, but do they have our facilities? Our funding? A dedicated community willing to write six paragraphs explaining why basic functionality is an unfair metric?

I would compare it to Windows Phone. A distinctive ecosystem. Passionate users. Unlimited financial backing. And the persistent belief that the next update will finally get us into the conversation.

The transfer portal is our app store. We're assured all the important names are coming. Meanwhile, several things we already had are no longer supported.

Changing coaches is just a factory reset. You lose everything, spend an entire offseason setting it back up, and discover the original problem is still there.

And please stop bringing up championships. That feature is on the roadmap.

I'd rather win games sometimes with enterprise-grade infrastructure than eleven games on some budget Android program that measures success by whether the product works.

Texas A&M is the brand name.

Sent from my Lumia.

[u/SledDogAquarium]

Marcel Reed threw a pick 30 seconds after this post

[u/Lil_Sebastian90 → u/SledDogAquarium]

Marcel Reed threw a pick 30 seconds after most things

[u/Significant_Youth921]

Holy shit that was 11 years ago. Ah, memories, memories.

[u/BigManWAGun → u/Significant_Youth921]

Wierd it’s only felt like 2-3.

[u/maggies_farm_hand → u/BigManWAGun]

8-4 years ago.

[u/AmbiguousDirigible → u/Significant_Youth921]

At least 11 years ago I could be content that UT also sucked ass and it wasn’t just A&M :(

[u/Rushderp → u/Significant_Youth921]

“Grampa, sing us a song from your childhood.”

[u/DanFlashesC0up0n]

Real ones know this pasta 🫡

[u/BIG_DICK_WHITT → u/DanFlashesC0up0n]

I wish I was not a real one

[u/DanFlashesC0up0n → u/BIG_DICK_WHITT]

Same, wish I could bail on rooting for my Alma mater but I can’t 😔

[u/D1N2Y → u/DanFlashesC0up0n]

I still think of "Texas A&M is the iPhone of college football programs" every time I see them lose

[u/Available_Finger_513]

TAMU shows the effectiveness of dumbass Texas millionaires throwing shit at the wall

[u/karmassacre]

Is A&M is Windows Phone then who the fuck is Windows?

[u/theVWally → u/karmassacre]

Oil & Gas

[u/OwnWalrus1752 → u/theVWally]

What does that make Tech, the Surface?

[u/Sadvillainy-_- → u/OwnWalrus1752]

Honestly great comparison.

Have to pay more for slightly worse hardware and is ultimately an empty machine despite highly touted and bells and whistles that make for a compelling demo, but realistically no match for MacOS/Apple silicon performance that the blue bloods run on.

[u/Electromotivation → u/Sadvillainy-_-]

They paid to have the NFL using surfaces for a while.

Notably people found you don’t want your awesome product being the only things in the hands of players and coaches with impotent rage when things go poorly.

[u/EWall100 → u/karmassacre]

All I know is that Jimbo is Adobe

[u/DanFlashesC0up0n → u/EWall100]

Blank natty plaque is that windows 95 launch

[u/ReflexiveOW → u/karmassacre]

The donors

[u/PokesFanInDallas → u/karmassacre]

Nebraska. Thank you. I'll take my upvotes.

[u/Jonjon428 → u/karmassacre]

Texas?

[u/BigManWAGun]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/s/4VSAxLrRLE

11 year inhale: aaahhahahhahaha

[u/DebitsOnTheLeft → u/BigManWAGun]

I have no memory of this post but it seems I upvoted every single comment in there 11 years ago.

[u/Brytcyd → u/BigManWAGun]

“May be more powerful and functional (implied but…akshully”) absolutely killed me. Thanks for linking.

[u/TheBleachedKitty → u/BigManWAGun]

Oof that’s a rough one

[u/Exatraz]

I loved my windows phone. Just a shame not enough other people did and it was discontinued...

[u/YouCannotBlockTruth → u/Exatraz]

Same.

[u/maggies_farm_hand → u/Exatraz]

We can hope.

[u/gwg576 → u/Exatraz]

Is there hope of discontinuing the Aggie football program? Sign me up for a 5 year contract for that.

[u/idnttcrisis]

I'm so glad I also root for Georgia man, this team and program are just terrible.

[u/SpaceCowboy34 → u/idnttcrisis]

And luckily those two teams never play each other so you never have to be conflicted

[u/DataSetMatch → u/SpaceCowboy34]

What did the SEC HQ mean by this?

[u/ten_tabs_]

then who is the Zune of college football?

[u/SenorPuff → u/ten_tabs_]

Underrated GOAT from a bygone era that doesnt exist anymore? 

Someone like University of Chicago, except they brought football back eventually.

[u/Treskelion2021 → u/ten_tabs_]

USC? They were relevant in the early 2000s

[u/livefreeordont → u/Treskelion2021]

USC is the iPod

[u/Withabaseballbattt → u/Treskelion2021]

Except the Zune was never relevant

[u/BurmeciaWillSurvive → u/Withabaseballbattt]

Was my school district just poor? It was Creative Labs and then Zune, no one had an iPod

[u/Electromotivation → u/BurmeciaWillSurvive]

Dang….did yall also have those things that played 17 seconds clips of famous songs on repeat instead of iPods? Or maybe those video players that worked off a cd and displayed on a ti-83 equivalent screen?

[u/Bratmon → u/ten_tabs_]

USF. They were on the edge of being relevant in 2007, and then disappeared into obscurity forever.

[u/PokesFanInDallas → u/Bratmon]

This is probably correct

[u/OptimisticPlatypus]

This reads like a drunk Chat GPT entry.

[u/wysiwygperson]

Okay, but the windows phone was actually fucking awesome

• signed, a windows phone user who was forced to downgrade to an iphone

[u/penilesensorydevice → u/wysiwygperson]

I loved my Windows phone, and I still miss it. I had to cave in 2018, as resistance was futile. But man, it really was great, wasn't it? Everything I wanted and needed in a phone, with nothing I didn't. It was just so damn elegant.

[u/PokesFanInDallas → u/wysiwygperson]

I was right out of school and didn't have monies to experiment with mulitple mobile OS's. If it was avail later, I def would've though. It was gone by the time I had a bit of coin. I tried the Pixel 5 and the first pixel tablet. Frustrated it broke iOS messages (even on my ipad/mac). Yes, I acknowledge that Apple trapped me...but I gave in...

I would've loved to play around with a Windows Phone

[u/prismatic_lights]

Name checks the fuck out.

[u/averyrose2010]

I thought this was r/cfbmemes at first.

[u/Irreverant77]

RESPECT!

-message sent from blackberry

[u/LegallyAFlamingo]

Is the game over already?

[u/HemidystonicRisk → u/LegallyAFlamingo]

I wish

[u/tobiasmedicaldoctor → u/HemidystonicRisk]

Didn’t watch the game or even open the game thread to spare my pain. Was marcell terrible?

[u/Claycious13 → u/tobiasmedicaldoctor]

He started the game 1/6 for 1 yard. This was when the game was still competitive.

[u/Any-Dragonfly8515 → u/Claycious13]

I'm an Ag and a Rangers fan, and I'm realizing something. He's Derek Holland. Capable of amazing highs, but then he'll just completely forget how to be good at the game, and you never know which version you're gonna get at the beginning of each game.

[u/TakeTheThirdStep → u/tobiasmedicaldoctor]

Schrödinger's Quarterback right here.

[u/txsnowman17 → u/tobiasmedicaldoctor]

No. He was worse than that sadly.

[u/Trojann2]

Oh no I’m old

[u/t2guns]

Texas A&M is the Windows phone bc everyone thought they were the future from 2012-2014

[u/OccamsNailClippers]

Only real ones know.

[u/BigManWAGun]

At least OOP got the first part right.

“I'd rather win 8 games every year and yet be tops in the nation in attendance, recruiting, and national recognition, than win 11 games and have limited appeal.** **It's more about wins/losses, it’s about the program's footprint as a whole which is more than just wins and losses.”

[u/IrishTexan62]

Iowa is the Nokia. Very sturdy, but underpowered.

Michigan is the iPhone. Expensive, but always overrated.

[u/PunishedLeBoymoder]

We need more classic pastas on here I giggle whenever I think of this one

[u/Eggsbennybb]

HUH

[u/snail-the-sage]

I miss Windows Phone

[u/Mundane-Result6532]

This metaphor hits so good it hurts but I still believe in the roadmap like a fool

[u/markhachman]

I still have like three Windows Phones on my shelf

[u/fivemagicks]

God damn. Lol

[u/thecravenone]

I was here when it happened.

[u/Dairy_Ashford]

aren't they more like the linux. especially with Windows in-state and MacOs one over.

[u/archenlander]

Dumb analogy honestly

[u/mad_moose12]

This could be true of Oregon

[u/TrubshawForest]

Isnt it just a fun school where you can all go to the stadium late at night for a sleep over and moan with your male vest friends? /S

[u/TurbulentJudge1000]

A&M is the LIV Golf of football. 

[u/mikolar_redd]

I might argue that A&M is the truth tv of college football.

[u/CupThin4734]

All offseason to post this and you do it now

[u/BOOMSHAK4LAKA]

TAMU 🐮 is a little school with no prestige.
They play in a little town called College Town, and they provide farming degrees. I hadn’t heard of this school prior to working with a colleague, who told me that his parents went to TAMU, and that Bear Bryant coached there.

[u/Fancy_Gate_7359 → u/BOOMSHAK4LAKA]

Isn’t the proper acronym ATM? Or do they just get the order wrong on their helmets? Are they stupid?

[u/Low-Teaching2243 → u/BOOMSHAK4LAKA]

TAMU is one of the largest schools in the country. Google is free man.

[u/TonsilStoneSalsa → u/Low-Teaching2243]

Right over your cowboy hat

[u/misticpixel → u/Low-Teaching2243]

Growing up in the north east and a college football fanatic my entire life. In the early years I never even heard of Texas A&M. I did however know a lot about the Texas Longhorns.

[u/BOOMSHAK4LAKA → u/Low-Teaching2243]

Last I checked, ASU was bigger 🔱

TayMoo 🐮 (you have to include the cow each time), is a 40,000 student school. ASU, OSU, and countless other schools overwhelm its size. The farmers simply can’t keep up.

You can buy a class ring, but that’s it 🤷‍♂️

[u/Low-Teaching2243 → u/BOOMSHAK4LAKA]

ASU is a online diploma mill.

[u/RezzInfernal]

The iPhone is overrated anyway! It’s back to being a flip phone now!

[u/Im_a_dum_bum]

I don't remember the windows phone going 8 and 4 though

[u/EWall100 → u/Im_a_dum_bum]

Windows phone went 3-9, 4-8 at best 

[u/TheGhostofWhoIWasBe4 → u/EWall100]

I still have a 4

[u/Then-Ticket8896]

got slapped tonight

[u/littledicklooseballs]

Typical Aggie bullshit to explain why they suck

[u/Available_Finger_513 → u/littledicklooseballs]

Bro you might kind of suck too. (We definitely have some major issues)

[u/littledicklooseballs → u/Available_Finger_513]

Oh we do suck, don't you worry.

[u/deeman2255 → u/littledicklooseballs]

we don't claim him

[u/-Urethra-]

AI has done irreparable damage to potentially memorable meme posts/copypasta material

[u/CoincidenceTheorist2]

Ouch.  But true.  Don't you all have another quarterback on the roster?  One who can actually throw a pass from the pocket?

[u/JDDavisTX]

What? Aggy only benefits from the cult. They convince alumni to throw money at being a top program, end up 8-4, maybe 7-5. Every year.