usf basketball

at 03/11/10 9:52AM
After yesterday's poor performance against Georgetown, it looks like USF will be headed to the NIT. It's easy to be disappointed that they couldn't win just one or two more, especially after the surprisingly good season they had. This, of course, would be to miss the bigger picture. If you'd told me before the season that USF would make the NIT field (winning 20 games and going .500 in Big East play), I would have been thrilled. Yeah, they've been that bad recently. To have even been in the conversation for an NCAA Tournament bid at this point in the season far exceeded any rational fan's expectation. Sure, it's sad that they didn't beat St. Johns or Notre Dame a couple of weeks ago, and that their second-best player was injured for two months, and so forth. But the reality is that this year was a huge step in the right direction. And as long as Jones doesn't leave for the draft, things look really promising for next year.

With any luck, they'll get to host a game or two in the NIT, and tickets will be reasonable priced (or maybe even free...).
  • jules
    There was a contestant on Wheel of Fortune tonight that was the spittin image of Brooke...but I'm confident there would have been a post, had it been her. :)
    by jules at 03/11/10 10:55PM
  • ward
    Hmm. Would be news to me if she'd made a trip out west for a Wheel appearance.
    by ward at 03/12/10 12:16AM
  • diminished_seventh
    Yep, great season. I've never really bothered to follow their bball until this season, but Dominique was fun to watch.
    by diminished_seventh at 03/12/10 12:56AM

new release from DeWard

at 03/05/10 12:44PM
DeWard Publishing Company is pleased to announce its latest release: William Paley's Natural Theology has been added to the DeWard Heritage of Faith Library.

Buy your copy here.

Natural Theology features William Paley’s classic defense of the teleological argument for the existence of God. His watchmaker analogy is still a favorite of many as a starting point for showing that such complexity cannot possibly have come into existence without an intelligent mind creating it. The DeWard edition contains a new foreword by Dr. Doy Moyer.



Buy your copy here.


Paley’s arguments for God and for Christianity still provide the backbone for much of contemporary apologetics.
Norman Geisler, Co-Founder of Southern Evangelical Seminary, author of Baker Encyclopedia of Christian Apologetics

Modern apologists will do well to read and study the classical arguments. The strong appeal to logic and reason, as is evidenced in Paley, is a contrast to the feel-good subjective arguments often presented in the present postmodern world.
Doy Moyer, Professor of Philosophy and Biblical Studies, Florida College
  • figpicker
    but, logic may not make you feel good and therefore is always to be rejected as self-esteem is the most important thing.
    by figpicker at 03/05/10 9:15PM
  • diminished_seventh
    Go Bulls. Did you make it onto national TV?
    by diminished_seventh at 03/06/10 4:30PM
  • ward
    Not that we know of. Although during one of the timeout 'fun' segments, we were briefly on the big screen.
    by ward at 03/08/10 10:41AM
  • slave_of_jesus_jdb
    Do not mistake the remarks of the doctor. Its okay to make feel-good arguments alongside logical arguments. Its okay to feel good about your faith. Emotions are important. The Bible wouldn't remind us so much of how God is with us and loves us if they weren't.
    by slave_of_jesus_jdb at 03/09/10 4:35PM
  • ward
    Nor would God have created emotions if there were something wrong with them. I think you're right: supposing that emotions are unimportant or that feeling good about one's faith is somehow improper is a misunderstanding of Dr. Moyer's point.
    by ward at 03/09/10 10:40PM

USF Basketball

at 02/27/10 9:58PM *
We went to the USF vs. Providence game tonight. It was a good game. The first half was good because we had decent seats (top of the second section in one of the corners) that came with all-you-can-eat concessions. I made a couple of trips, easily getting my money's worth for the extra cost of the concession voucher.

Before the game, we'd met with the basketball secretary (Roanna, who we met a few weeks ago, and did the arranging of our meetings with the coaches) because I was giving her a couple of autographed copies of Boot Camp to deliver to Coaches Heath and Holtz as a thanks for the time they gave us. (And, if they read and love the book, it could turn into some really good publicity for DeWard.)

Anyway, the second half was even better, because at halftime Roanna tapped us on the shoulder and gave us tickets for Row 2 for the rest of the game. The only downside of being that close is that I didn't want to get up again, so I missed a half of free concessions—but the seats were terrific. We were two rows up on the end of the court that USF was playing to that half. Especially good seats for a comeback win.

Silas did well at the game. He slept through most of it. When the crowd first started to get loud during the comeback, he did some crying—but that may have just been because they woke him up. Once he settled in for the homestretch, he did just fine.

Roanna is also getting us tickets for next Saturday vs. UConn. We definitely need to do something nice for her. Anyway, if the game's on in your area (2:00 EST), you might want to watch it. No cameraman would care about me being nearby, but being that close to the court with a Bulls-decorated baby might get us on TV.

  • diminished_seventh
    Good stuff. Is ESPN covering the UConn game? (That's the only way we can watch them...espn360.com)
    by diminished_seventh at 02/27/10 10:48PM
  • caraboo
    i see it. you're using your kid to get free tickets and some publicity. it's cool, we all do it.
    by caraboo at 02/27/10 11:37PM
  • serena
    HA HA HA... just what I was thinking. Daniel will be thrilled.
    by serena at 02/28/10 8:08AM
  • snoopy
    haha!! Niiiice! :)
    by snoopy at 02/28/10 12:54PM
  • figpicker
    Lucas was stubborn, even defiant, if he was going to do it, he would look you in the eye and do it and take his spanking

    Nathan, on the other hand, has always been sneaky..... Obviously, he has gotten better at it.
    by figpicker at 02/28/10 8:50PM
  • dandegarmo
    Brilliant marketing Nathan. I would only suggest you put a DeWard T-Shirt on that kid!
    by dandegarmo at 03/01/10 8:01AM
  • bruke
    We don't have one in his size, but we do have green adult-size Deward shirts.
    by bruke at 03/01/10 10:23AM
  • serena
    ^The green ones are GROSS!!
    by serena at 03/01/10 1:40PM
  • kt80
    You officially have me beat. The most I've leveraged my kids for was free meals and/or dessert.
    by kt80 at 03/02/10 9:19PM

The Traveling Adventures of Silas

at 02/23/10 9:50AM


Click photo for more adventures.
  • serena
    That's great! His cheeks are so kissable!
    by serena at 02/23/10 11:42AM
  • Megalexandros
    Ok, I'll just leave it as blue then.
    by Megalexandros at 02/23/10 11:57AM
  • curlie
    He is absolutely adorable. We enjoyed our visit with you guys last weekend. :)
    by curlie at 02/27/10 10:05PM

two classy coaches

at 02/15/10 12:43PM *
Coolest thing I've ever pulled off? Probably so.









  • serena
    That is hilarious!
    by serena at 02/15/10 1:14PM
  • dandegarmo
    YES!!!
    by dandegarmo at 02/15/10 1:14PM
  • yo
    wow, that's awesome!:)
    by yo at 02/15/10 1:21PM
  • justg
    That is soooooo cool!!!
    by justg at 02/15/10 1:32PM
  • caraboo
    that is awesome! way to go guys!
    by caraboo at 02/15/10 1:50PM
  • kevin
    Now all you need is for USF to win a couple of national championships in both football and basketball and Silas' college education is taken care of :) Very cool!
    by kevin at 02/15/10 2:00PM
  • godswarrior32803
    That's wonderful!!
    by godswarrior32803 at 02/15/10 5:12PM
  • the_ghost
    Oh yeah? Well Charles Barkley gave me a dollar one time...
    That is really cool.
    by the_ghost at 02/15/10 7:40PM
  • rissaj
    So cool :)
    by rissaj at 02/15/10 8:17PM
  • navydoc
    The kid isn't yet a year old and he's already being recruited.
    by navydoc at 02/15/10 8:47PM
  • 71lespaulcustom
    USF coaching has class.
    by 71lespaulcustom at 02/15/10 9:47PM
  • iamyourfather
    No, marrying Brooke was the coolest thing you ever did. Having Silas is number two. This is at least three.
    by iamyourfather at 02/17/10 4:32PM
  • phorgain37055
    That is cool. Glad to hear that Skip was cool.
    by phorgain37055 at 02/17/10 5:32PM
  • ward
    Yes. And getting baptized, and starting a publishing company, and graduating from high school, and graduating from college, and graduating from college, and graduating from college, and writing a book, and...

    Coolest (non-life-altering) thing I've ever pulled off...
    by ward at 02/18/10 2:03PM
  • Megalexandros
    I'm just curious. what's your favorite color?
    by Megalexandros at 02/22/10 11:05AM