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.
Homecoming banners ripple at The Vet, and the building crackles like a transformer warming to life. Troy arrives with five straight wins, a steadier heartbeat after October’s tests, and first-place leverage in the West. Arkansas State rides three straight, shoulders squared after flipping Georgia Southern with a surging second half and rediscovered trench bite. ESPNU […]
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
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
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 […]
October 31, 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 […]
October 31, 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 […]
October 31, 2025
Ruston readies for a Friday reset as Louisiana Tech returns under late-October lights after an OT heartbreak and a 35–7 stumble. The Bulldogs still brandish C-USA’s stingiest scoring defense at 18.7 points per game and a tight 72.2% red-zone wall, the ballast of their identity. Sam Houston arrives 0–7 with 29+ allowed in every game—six […]
October 31, 2025