"It wasn't 'in' anything. "It" was it. Space and matter were created from this 'marble' type thing... at least as my understanding goes..."
Check
"So. It is my theory... and a very watered-down version of this whole big bang thing... the marble... that marble not only created matter, but the space for matter TO BE."
Check, and it is this space that is expanding and sometimes dragging the matter with it
"This inflation theory does not answer why it all happened... all it does is give a closer understanding of HOW it all happened... It's best left to Chrome to explain. When the heck is he going to get back anyway?"
I does answer why in the sense of "why is matter distributed in the way it is distributed in the universe today." It doesn't answer why in the "for what ultimate purpose" sense.
Dang Corri, for a jock (isn't that what you call people who aren't nerds) you're pretty smart.
Chrome
"Recollect me darlin, raise me to your lips, two undernourished egos, four rotating hips"