Beginning Again

Hello there! It's Edward the Scop, your main golf, soccer/football (especially FA Cup) and tabletop gaming nerd. If you've come from my soon-to-be-defunct (as of this writing) Twitter feed bearing the handle above, know that I'll be deleting it this month. After that, you'll have to use the instruments furnished on this blog.

Rather than dwelling (at least for now) on why I left Twitter (and Facebook, for that matter), I would like to explain in this opening post what you can expect as to content. Although I will remind you all fairly frequently as to upcoming features, my content includes the following:

1. Golf: Monday rundowns and feature articles, including plaudits for an informal distinction called the "Upper Midwest Connection of the Week," to be defined in a post in the near future. There will also be Upper Midwest Connections of the Month and Quarter, as well as a rundown of the top three as of midyear. Then, at year's end, the top five Upper Midwest Connections of the Year will be announced here. Finally, there will be coverage of the growing Saudi influence in the game, both for weal and for woe.
2. Soccer/football: FA Cup picks for at least every round of the proper stage, which starts in early November each season. This was a popular feature of my Twitter feed, and it's how I met Phil Annets of the FA Cup Factfile. Phil, wherever you are, I hope you come on down to the Devilish Rake.
3. Tabletop gaming: Dungeons and Dragons updated for the pike-and-shot era of warfare, as well as various wargames.
4. Draft Day Party Hangover live blog: Taking a page from Phil Steele's College Football Preview, this feature drops every year in late April. In 2024, this will be 25-27 April in Detroit, as I will be distilling the NFL Draft for data on how producing draft picks affects college football programs.

And there will be other content on this blog as well. Stay tuned, and feel free to contact me with tips and suggestions!

Edward the Scop