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.
AT&T Stadium gives us clean air and fast footing, but this matchup tilts toward attrition more than fireworks. The market sits Dallas -5.5/-6 with a total of 44.5, and nearly every recent indicator from your deck says the Cowboys control the tenor while the Giants wrestle for first downs. On opening night, quarterback Dak Prescott […]
September 13, 2025
Under the Honolulu lights at Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex, Hawaii hosts Portland State in a late-night showdown. The Rainbow Warriors are surging at 2-1 and hungry to keep rolling after a Pac-12 upset and last week’s blowout. The 0-3 Vikings have been outscored 161-20 in three routs and are fighting only for pride against […]
September 13, 2025
Hawaii (2–1) returns to the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex off a 37–20 win in which quarterback Luke Weaver went 27-of-43 for 294 yards and 3 TDs, with Pofele Ashlock posting seven catches, 125 yards, and 2 TDs. The Warriors’ defense traveled, too: Sam Houston managed just 2.5 yards per rush and 2-for-11 (18.2%) on […]
September 13, 2025
Hawaii has started to find traction under Timmy Chang, banking wins over Stanford and Sam Houston to move to 2–1. Portland State comes in battered, already shut out twice, and still searching for an offensive identity. The contrast is stark: one program building confidence ahead of conference play, the other reeling from a schedule that […]
September 13, 2025
Yulman Stadium will be loud Saturday night, and the script couldn’t be better. Tulane sits unbeaten at 2-0 after pounding Northwestern and escaping South Alabama, leaning on a balanced rushing attack and a defense that thrives on disruption. Duke walks in at 1-1, still buzzing with the story of quarterback Darian Mensah facing his old […]
September 13, 2025
Lane Stadium gets the spotlight again Saturday night, but the mood in Blacksburg is uneasy. Virginia Tech is winless after back-to-back losses to South Carolina and Vanderbilt, undone by second-half collapses and a battered offensive line. Old Dominion arrives 1-1, fresh from a 54-6 demolition of North Carolina Central and still buzzing from giving Indiana […]
September 13, 2025
All your leaguemates have been cobbling away at their fantasy rosters since the draft, and during Week 1. Hoping you followed a lot of my Five Lists of Five: Week 1 edition calls; we had a gangbusters week here. But you’re likely headed into an opponent whose done a little more upkeep and maintenance and […]
September 13, 2025
Death Valley will light up on Saturday night as LSU and Florida clash in their SEC opener, the 72nd meeting in a rivalry deadlocked at 34–34–3. Florida stunned LSU last season 27–16 in Gainesville, but Baton Rouge has not been kind to the Gators—just two wins here in the last two decades. Both teams open […]
September 13, 2025
Morgantown always sharpens its edges when Pittsburgh rolls in, and the renewal of the Backyard Brawl brings an atmosphere thick with animosity. The rivalry traces back over a century, and even after the conference split, the venom never faded. Last year’s 17–6 slugfest in Pittsburgh showed how ugly this series can get when defenses set […]
September 13, 2025
Columbia welcomes an unfamiliar visitor on Saturday as Missouri faces Louisiana for the first time. The Tigers enter ranked No. 25 after throttling Central Arkansas and outlasting Kansas in the Border War, a 2–0 start that’s vaulted them into September with momentum. The Ragin’ Cajuns come in 1–1, rebounding from a stumble against Rice with […]
September 13, 2025
Springfield hosts history Saturday afternoon as Missouri State plays its first home game since joining the FBS ranks. Robert W. Plaster Stadium should be buzzing, the Bears stepping into the moment with a chance to measure up against playoff-tested opposition. SMU arrives unranked after a double-overtime collapse to Baylor, their first time outside the AP […]
September 13, 2025