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.
Lexington gathers under cold bulbs and restless breath as two seasons teeter on the edge of consequence. Florida arrives in transition under an interim staff, the week’s leadership reset sharpening edges after that 20–24 fight with Georgia. Kentucky steadied itself with a 10–3 grind at Auburn, a defensive tonic that restored belief and posture. The […]
November 8, 2025
Tucson readies for a threshold game, sun sharp on grass and a bowl ticket sitting in the winner’s locker. Kansas arrives at five wins with urgency after a 38–21 release against Oklahoma State, the skid snapped but not forgotten. Arizona counters at five wins with the throttle open, a 52–17 rout of Colorado restoring stride […]
November 8, 2025
Kenan’s pines frame a late-autumn window that crackles with consequence, a cross-country collision staged as an elimination game. Stanford arrives with fresh upset ink and long travel in its legs, North Carolina answers with a tightened identity and a home crowd hungry for release. The sideline contrast adds voltage: Bill Belichick’s reset in Chapel Hill […]
November 8, 2025
Columbia gathers under November light, gold towels rippling, as an unbeaten brand collides with a proud program nursing scars. Texas A&M arrives 8–0 off a bye, chasing résumé heft and committee optics after Baton Rouge fireworks. Missouri stands 6–2, homecoming charged, trying to turn two one-score cuts into resolve instead of residue. Old Big 12 […]
November 8, 2025
Columbia gathers under November light, gold towels rippling, as an unbeaten brand collides with a proud program nursing scars. Texas A&M arrives 8–0 off a bye, chasing résumé heft and committee optics after Baton Rouge fireworks. Missouri stands 6–2, homecoming charged, trying to turn two one-score cuts into resolve instead of residue. Old Big 12 […]
November 8, 2025
Columbia gathers under November light, gold towels rippling, as an unbeaten brand collides with a proud program nursing scars. Texas A&M arrives 8–0 off a bye, chasing résumé heft and committee optics after Baton Rouge fireworks. Missouri stands 6–2, homecoming charged, trying to turn two one-score cuts into resolve instead of residue. Old Big 12 […]
November 8, 2025
Starkville will vibrate at noon, cowbells clanging like sleet on tin, as two Bulldogs chase different kinds of proof. Georgia arrives ranked fifth at 7–1, bruised by a 24–21 loss to Alabama yet hardened by comebacks. Mississippi State walks in 5–4 with oxygen after a 38–35 win at Arkansas, its first SEC victory since October […]
November 7, 2025
Week 10 rolls in loud and weird, the kind of slate that rattles coffee mugs from Berlin to the Bay. Breakfast football hits Germany with Colts-Falcons on Sunday morning, a jet-lagged window that always flips usage quirks and coaching nerve. By late afternoon the league’s loudest stage lights—Rams at 49ers—promise fireworks; it’s the week’s highest-octane […]
November 7, 2025
Friday night at the Liberty Bowl brings a decisive AAC showcase with Memphis ranked 22nd and Tulane chasing a reset. The Tigers are 4–0 at home and riding last year’s 34–24 upset in New Orleans, a result that sharpened this rivalry. The Green Wave arrive 2–2 on the road after a 48–26 loss at UTSA, […]
November 7, 2025
Friday in Los Angeles glows beneath the Coliseum torch as No. 19 USC hosts a stubborn Northwestern under FOX lights. It’s a rare reunion after decades apart, now carrying Big Ten weight and USC’s playoff urgency. The market pins −14.5 with a 51.5 lid, signaling controlled pace and ruthless efficiency over chaos. USC rides 505.9 […]
November 7, 2025
Friday in Orlando turns cosmic as UCF’s Space Game paints FBC Mortgage Stadium in silver trim and noise. Houston arrives ranked and urgent at seven–two, chasing Big 12 leverage while a bruised UCF guards bowl oxygen and a 4–1 home drumbeat. The market whispers coin-flip at −1.5 with a 47.5 lid, which sharpens every red-zone […]
November 7, 2025