Him harping on the 78 win thing is weird. Almost no one predicted much more than 80 this year so he is basically saying that you're prediction was right on par with everyone else's. That your genius couldn't predict this season, in his eyes. Which, by his using it as argument leverage, is almost a tacit admission that he thinks you're smart. Or smarter. Or something.
Nevermind, I'm out of here. Just found my backup porn. Whew.