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.
The Coliseum will glow clean under a temperate November sky, and Friday breath will plume above cardinal uniforms as Week 11 tightens the Big Ten vise. USC brings a 6–2 pulse with a 4–0 home record and a scoreboard that snaps like static. Northwestern arrives 5–3 after a bye, armed with 33:23 of weekly ball […]
November 7, 2025
Orlando’s Space Game returns under Friday lights, silver-trim uniforms sparkling as warm 74 °F air settles over FBC Mortgage Stadium. Houston arrives ranked at 7–2, still chasing Big 12 leverage, while UCF steadies at 4–4 and defends a 4–1 home mark. The old AAC rivalry rekindles with Fritz versus Frost and a series ledger favoring […]
November 7, 2025
Week 10 tight end is a pressure point—middle-field answers decide possessions while injury sheets harden and depth charts stop pretending. Buffalo keeps tilting its pass game inside; when tempo rises, Dalton Kincaid’s slot-seam menu turns hot reads into YAC and thickens the red-zone tree. Los Angeles has found a big-slot hammer in Oronde Gadsden II, […]
November 6, 2025
Week 10 is a cold November crucible—install tweaks stick, injuries harden into plans, and coordinators trade sizzle for answers as playoff math sharpens. The rookie drum is loud in Chicago after Caleb Williams’ wild Week 9 finish, and the room believes it, with design runs and quick-game tempo now glued to the script. Berlin wakes […]
November 6, 2025
Kidd Brewer will glow under Thursday night bulbs, breath hanging in the Blue Ridge as Week 11 folds a Deeper-Than-Hate chapter into November stress. Boone drinks in a national window at 7:30 ET with temperatures in the forties and a crowd that rarely blinks. The series leans Appalachian State 21–16–1, but the memory that crackles […]
November 6, 2025
Raymond James will hum tonight, Tampa air sticky and loud, as ranked South Florida hosts surging UTSA. The Bulls’ return to the poll reframes November; the AAC lane and the Group-of-Five ticket feel live. UTSA lands with swagger after blasting Rice and toppling Tulane, riding Owen McCown’s heater and a healthier receiver room. South Florida’s […]
November 6, 2025
There is no one happier than yours truly that the MVP drumbeat, nine weeks into the 2025 NFL season, follows Matthew Stafford into every huddle now. October killed the age jokes; the Week 7 London game crowned the heater with five touchdowns in rain and jet lag. ESPN’s Peter Schrager—known superficially for his Super-Bowl-predicting foresight, […]
November 6, 2025
Mile High will glow under November primetime, breath turning silver as a rivalry stretches tight across thin air. Denver arrives 7–2 with nine straight home wins and a building that crackles when third downs clamp. Las Vegas limps in 2–6 after a one-point fall, roster trimmed and nerves tested by Tuesday’s trade. Brock Bowers returns […]
November 6, 2025
Wednesday in Toledo hands MACtion the marquee, a crisp Glass Bowl buzzing under ESPN2’s lights and marching-band brass. Toledo’s home form has roared all fall, and the market leans Rockets with a tight lid; Northern Illinois chases bowl oxygen. The subplot hums: NIU’s final MAC meeting before a Mountain West jump, and a road skid […]
November 5, 2025
Scheumann’s crowd will rage against cold air as two rebuilds chase bowl oxygen with three wins still required. Ball State rides a perfect home ledger and that Ohio upset, while Nathan Voorhis’ ten sacks sharpen the building’s edge. Kent State arrives energized by a 21–3 Bowling Green comeback and Mark Carney’s promotion, with Dru DeShields […]
November 5, 2025
The Glass Bowl will glow like a midweek beacon, breath frosting in the air as rivalry residue hangs over the lights. The series tilts Toledo 35–17, and the Rockets have stacked three straight, but the charge tonight comes from finality—Northern Illinois leaves the MAC after this season. Toledo lays 14.5 with a 42.5 total, numbers […]
November 5, 2025