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.
Missouri’s black-and-gold swarms into Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday night to face Auburn (SEC). The Tigers (5–1) are riding high despite a narrow loss to No. 6 Alabama in Week 7, and they’ll be fierce underdogs facing an Auburn squad struggling at 3–3. Both teams feature rush-oriented attacks and stout defenses; this promises to be a grind-it-out […]
October 18, 2025
The Holy War returns under lights, with both helmets ranked and ravenous. Utah brings a bruising 5–1 stride into Provo. BYU counters with unbeaten bravado and a fan base that screams in unison. It’s the first ranked-versus-ranked Holy War since 2009, and the stakes feel swollen. Kyle Whittingham has stacked nine straight wins in the […]
October 18, 2025
Berkeley vibes give way to Athens thunder, and the setting matters as much as the schemes. ESPN College GameDay plants its trucks on the Tate lawn, and Georgia orchestrates a “Stripe Sanford” mosaic to amplify the decibels inside a stadium freshly stung by Alabama’s crack of the Bulldogs’ 33-game home winning streak. That’s a proud […]
October 18, 2025
Week 7 arrives with velocity and quirks: an early 9:30 a.m. ET London curtain-raiser at Wembley—Rams–Jaguars—that compresses routines and expands fantasy windows, especially with Puka Nacua and Rob Havenstein ruled out, funneling first reads toward Davante Adams in a condensed script. The slate breathes differently stateside, too: Chiefs–Raiders carries a double-digit spread (KC -12.5, total […]
October 17, 2025
Week 7 arrives with velocity and quirks: an early 9:30 a.m. ET London curtain-raiser at Wembley—Rams–Jaguars—that compresses routines and expands fantasy windows, especially with Puka Nacua and Rob Havenstein ruled out, funneling first reads toward Davante Adams in a condensed script. The slate breathes differently stateside, too: Chiefs–Raiders carries a double-digit spread (KC -12.5, total […]
October 17, 2025
Week 7 arrives with velocity and quirks: an early 9:30 a.m. ET London curtain-raiser at Wembley—Rams–Jaguars—that compresses routines and expands fantasy windows, especially with Puka Nacua and Rob Havenstein ruled out, funneling first reads toward Davante Adams in a condensed script. The slate breathes differently stateside, too: Chiefs–Raiders carries a double-digit spread (KC -12.5, total […]
October 17, 2025
Berkeley will glow under late light, and the styles will grind rather than blaze. California arrives sturdy at 4-2. North Carolina staggers at 2-3 with three lopsided losses by 34, 25, and 28. The scoreboard total sits at 47.5, and every recent North Carolina data point whispers restraint. The last three Tar Heel games averaged […]
October 17, 2025
Friday night lights, and this old Mountain West grudge will rumble again. Utah State rides Homecoming noise and a 3-0 home mark into San Jose State’s visit, with history whispering in the stands. The Aggies have taken 10 of the last 11 in the series, while the last five meetings averaged 70 points, a gaudy […]
October 17, 2025
Huntington Bank Stadium lights buzz, and the air tastes like metal and rain. Nebraska arrives ranked at No. 25, 5–1 and surging. Minnesota stands 4–2, perfect at home at 4–0, and clinging to five straight wins in this series. The $5 Bits of Broken Chair glints in the tunnel, a rivalry trinket that grows heavier […]
October 17, 2025
East Carolina sits 3–3 and 1–1 in the American, slotted mid-pack after a road stumble at Tulane and a bye to reset; the Pirates return to Dowdy–Ficklen needing a conference foothold and riding a defense that’s kept them in every game. Tulsa arrives 2–4 and 0–3 in league play, battered by a rugged opening slate […]
October 16, 2025
Oronde Gadsden II might just be the unlikely pressure valve the Chargers’ offense didn’t know it quite had. Syracuse trained him as a jumbo receiver with soft hands and sturdy balance; the Chargers drafted him on Day 3 to win space on schedule, choosing route craft and catch radius over an in-line mauler and signaling […]
October 15, 2025