"It was one of those things where I wouldn’t have been drastically surprised either way," he said. "To be honest with you, there’s a man who I’ve never met named Jerry Palm that every year almost perfectly predicts the field. And he had us in all along. Like I said, I’ve never met the guy, but that made me feel a pretty good amount of hope. Now, the loudest of those talking heads is Joe Lunardi, and he had us not even close to being in. I think a lot of the public opinion or what people expect can be based on what’s on ESPN. Fortunately, Lunardi was wrong and Jerry Palm was right."
