Dan Johnson has been an editor, writer, and analyst for DraftKings and DraftKings Network since 2024. He’s previously held editorial posts at The Paris Review, Macmillan Publishers, Bedford/St. Martin’s Press, ASSIGNMENT Magazine, and FantasySixPack. You can find his various editorial work & writing (sports-related and non-) at all of the above.
Acrisure will breathe like a forge this afternoon, a low roar threading through cool air and history. Indianapolis arrives at seven–one with the AFC’s top seed in its pocket and a plane to Berlin on deck, the kind of human-week wrinkle staffs swear they can mute. Pittsburgh counters with four–three urgency, a crowd that rattles […]
November 2, 2025
Foxborough will shimmer with ceremony and edge, a Salute to Service crowd charging the air before the first snap. New England arrives on a five-game heater, and the stadium knows it with every rising chant. Atlanta brings a scarred week and a long flight to Berlin on the other side, the subtle distraction coaches loathe. […]
November 1, 2025
Ford Field will glow like a kiln, blue shirts roaring, stakes vibrating through steel and concrete as late-autumn light pools across the turf. The rivalry has flipped, a live wire in the pregame static and the crowd’s breathless tilt, history buckling under a new order. J.J. McCarthy returns to Michigan air with urgency snapping at […]
November 1, 2025
Night gathers over CEFCU as CBS Sports Network flips on the 10:30 p.m. ET stage and the Dick Tomey Legacy trophy waits. Hawai‘i arrives bowl-eligible at 6–2, winners of three straight, fresh off a 31–19 road clamp keyed by Micah Alejado’s 301 yards and three touchdowns. San José State counters at 2–5 with a top-ten […]
November 1, 2025
Doak will glow under Homecoming lights, and the place will buzz with the complicated energy of a program at a crossroads. Florida State walks out of a bye with four straight ACC losses in its lungs and urgency in its cadence. Wake Forest arrives with three straight wins and a defense that travels, carrying the […]
November 1, 2025
The SEC’s flex shoves kickoff toward twilight, and Auburn’s seniors eye bowl leverage on a stage that forgives nothing. Hugh Freeze’s pivot from Jackson Arnold to Ashton Daniels reframed the week; Jeremiah Cobb’s bellcow turn became plan, not spark. Mark Stoops battles rumor static while Cutter Boley auditions resolve on the road, chasing ballast after […]
November 1, 2025
Ann Arbor will glow blue and gold under cold air, and breath will plume above scarves as the band thunders. Michigan’s last Big House night of the year carries consequence and ceremony, and the crowd knows the stakes. Purdue arrives desperate, lugging six straight losses and a season that keeps slipping at the horn. The […]
November 1, 2025
The blue turf will glisten like moon-blanched glass under dry November light, and the Milk Can will tingle with history. Boise State steps in with rhythm and bite, a balance that travels between power and pace without strain. Fresno State arrives wobbling, a new regime searching for timing after two bruising losses that bent both […]
November 1, 2025
TDECU will crackle at noon, a black-clad crowd buzzing for a ranked November push. Houston rolls in with momentum and ritual, honoring program lifeblood while chasing Big 12 leverage. West Virginia arrives bruised by five straight losses, a young roster still learning Rich Rodriguez’s tempo and timing. The last trip here ended on a Hail […]
November 1, 2025
Neyland will flicker like a kiln under the black uniforms, and the noise will rattle chinstraps before the coin lands. Two six-two teams walk in with different heartbeats: Tennessee’s tempo and air damage, Oklahoma’s stingy structure and field-position discipline. Josh Heupel’s history crackles here, the alumnus trying to clip his alma mater again after the […]
November 1, 2025
Five Lists of Fright, more like it! Happy Halloween to you good people, all your sweet teeth. Here in Fantasyland, Week 9 creeps in like bogeyman fog over a graveyard of byes—Browns, Jets, Eagles, and Buccaneers vanish into the crypt, thinning star power and forcing managers to conjure leverage from the bench. The non-contact-injury reaper […]
November 1, 2025