43 Quotes by Jerry Palm

The more data you have, the better it is.

A win over Rutgers would have been a feather in their cap, but you can't have a loss to a team which you should beat.

Albany is a good candidate for that game as well. Also, the committee knows about everyone's injuries and those are a consideration.

You're already seeing signs that Virginia Tech is catching Texas.

You never want to be stuck in the middle, but I don't see them falling much further than that. They hurt themselves by losing two of their last three games, but their RPI is strong at 30 and they did a lot of great things this season.

They have a pretty nice collection of wins and no terrible losses. So if they take care of business, they could still be a No. 2 (seed), even if they don't beat Illinois.

There may not be any top 25 teams - but 26 through 40, six of them might be in that group. There's been an opportunity this year because of weaknesses in the major conferences, other than the Big East and Big Ten. It's just one of those things where all these (factors) came together at once.

They haven?t given a bid to a (team that finished) 3-7 in three years.

It's a paper-thin margin. It's irrelevant, because Virginia Tech is not going to catch Southern Cal and they have a faint hope of catching Texas. Virginia Tech isn't going to catch Southern Cal before they (the Trojans) catch Texas.