Nick Kranz
@nick.writeforcal.com
Full time Cal fan at WriteforCalifornia.com, part time Republic/Kings fan
Something I hadn't really thought about but might be worth a column: Cal's current Kenpom ranking (#67) is roughly equal to Cal's rank in their final seasons under Cuonzo and Monty. After 8 years in the wilderness, Cal has an average, garden-variety power conference basketball team again.
November 29, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Something I hadn't really thought about but might be worth a column: Cal's current Kenpom ranking (#67) is roughly equal to Cal's rank in their final seasons under Cuonzo and Monty. After 8 years in the wilderness, Cal has an average, garden-variety power conference basketball team again.
If Tosh to Cal wasn’t such a fait accompli I’d be at the front of the Jason Eck bandwagon
November 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
If Tosh to Cal wasn’t such a fait accompli I’d be at the front of the Jason Eck bandwagon
This is kinda like Cal hiring Tosh Lupoi to be their head coach . . . if it happened in 2012
SOURCES: Stanford is set to hire Washington Commanders QBs coach Tavita Pritchard as its next head coach.
Pritchard once lost his starting QB job to Andrew Luck at Stanford. Now Luck hires him for the head job at Stanford.
ESPN first.
Pritchard once lost his starting QB job to Andrew Luck at Stanford. Now Luck hires him for the head job at Stanford.
ESPN first.
November 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is kinda like Cal hiring Tosh Lupoi to be their head coach . . . if it happened in 2012
Teams that go deep on 4th and short have the mandate of heaven
November 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Teams that go deep on 4th and short have the mandate of heaven
Honored that the New York Times has memorialized this particular opinion:
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Honored that the New York Times has memorialized this particular opinion:
@edsbs.bsky.social @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social I believe the Calgorithm book guys are exploring interest in another print run, but either way we need to get you a copy so you can enjoy the story of the Cal fan who got arrested for rushing Auburn's field then got sound legal counsel via Cal twitter
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
@edsbs.bsky.social @shutdownfullcast.bsky.social I believe the Calgorithm book guys are exploring interest in another print run, but either way we need to get you a copy so you can enjoy the story of the Cal fan who got arrested for rushing Auburn's field then got sound legal counsel via Cal twitter
Mike Williams, Wyking Jones, Jim Knowlton, and Mark Fox put years of effort into killing Cal men’s basketball BUT IT STILL LIVES
November 26, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Mike Williams, Wyking Jones, Jim Knowlton, and Mark Fox put years of effort into killing Cal men’s basketball BUT IT STILL LIVES
ACC BASKETBALL CANNOT BE DENIED
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM
ACC BASKETBALL CANNOT BE DENIED
Just saw the Morisot + Manet special exhibit at the Legion of Honor in SF, and it was one of the very best conceived and presented art exhibits I’ve seen. Highly recommended, and mandatory if you have any interest at all in Expressionism
November 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Just saw the Morisot + Manet special exhibit at the Legion of Honor in SF, and it was one of the very best conceived and presented art exhibits I’ve seen. Highly recommended, and mandatory if you have any interest at all in Expressionism
/hits publish on an article about likely Cal football coaches
“Let the Lupoi wars begin!!!”
“Let the Lupoi wars begin!!!”
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
/hits publish on an article about likely Cal football coaches
“Let the Lupoi wars begin!!!”
“Let the Lupoi wars begin!!!”
Reposted by Nick Kranz
According to research by @writeforcal.com we’ve never had an interim coach, but ARE 18-4 without a head coach.
In this column, I will argue that Cal football needs to return to communal decision making, via people’s committees, a central 5 year planning system and rule by the Party
In this column, I will argue that Cal football needs to return to communal decision making, via people’s committees, a central 5 year planning system and rule by the Party
November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
According to research by @writeforcal.com we’ve never had an interim coach, but ARE 18-4 without a head coach.
In this column, I will argue that Cal football needs to return to communal decision making, via people’s committees, a central 5 year planning system and rule by the Party
In this column, I will argue that Cal football needs to return to communal decision making, via people’s committees, a central 5 year planning system and rule by the Party
Anyway here’s the column that I rushed out last night, as I wasn’t able to get in front of a computer til like 9:30 pm. As a result I felt like I didn’t really do the last nine years justice. writeforcalifornia.com/p/justin-wil...
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Anyway here’s the column that I rushed out last night, as I wasn’t able to get in front of a computer til like 9:30 pm. As a result I felt like I didn’t really do the last nine years justice. writeforcalifornia.com/p/justin-wil...
Cal’s challenge is to prove that the consensus of the rest of the country - that aspiring to anything better than .500 football in Berkeley is a fool’s errand - is wrong.
Getting a school that doesn't care about football bowl eligible in a P4 conference is really impressive, do they really think they can do better than Wilcox?
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Cal’s challenge is to prove that the consensus of the rest of the country - that aspiring to anything better than .500 football in Berkeley is a fool’s errand - is wrong.
At a bar celebrating @aek2005.bsky.social’s birthday as the Wilcox news breaks and this picture at the bar feels like an appropriate metaphor
November 24, 2025 at 12:12 AM
At a bar celebrating @aek2005.bsky.social’s birthday as the Wilcox news breaks and this picture at the bar feels like an appropriate metaphor
I mean I like him better than Harsin I guess? Whatever.
Nick Rolovich will be Cal's interim head coach, per source. The former Hawaii/Wazzu HC is currently a senior offensive analyst.
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I mean I like him better than Harsin I guess? Whatever.
Why we decide to do it this way, and specifically why we decide that everybody has to stare at each other like it’s the border between North and South Korea I’ll never understand
The Big Game stare down is one of the funniest things in college sports.
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Why we decide to do it this way, and specifically why we decide that everybody has to stare at each other like it’s the border between North and South Korea I’ll never understand
Re-upping on this one
Granted, there hasn't been a point to having Justin Wilcox as a head coach since he lost to 1-11 Colorado in 2022 except for being poor and unambitious
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Re-upping on this one
Justin Wilcox’s primary (only?) selling point is that he beats Stanford. Take that away and what are you left with?
November 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Justin Wilcox’s primary (only?) selling point is that he beats Stanford. Take that away and what are you left with?
The Stanford band is using their halftime slot to literally just list the names of their seniors, which is so on the nose for the most self-referential, look-at-me band in the country
November 23, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The Stanford band is using their halftime slot to literally just list the names of their seniors, which is so on the nose for the most self-referential, look-at-me band in the country
Current status: chanting “Peter Thiel” at the Stanford tailgate next to us
November 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Current status: chanting “Peter Thiel” at the Stanford tailgate next to us
Somebody came by asking if our tailgate had ketchup and we’ll look our tailgates are different here on the west coast
November 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Somebody came by asking if our tailgate had ketchup and we’ll look our tailgates are different here on the west coast
This is what USC/UCLA/Larry Scott stole from us
November 18, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is what USC/UCLA/Larry Scott stole from us
Here’s another reminder that you cannot understand Cal’s season without the context of a rock bottom strength of schedule
November 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Here’s another reminder that you cannot understand Cal’s season without the context of a rock bottom strength of schedule
NOT ANY MORE STINGERS UP BABY
November 16, 2025 at 5:21 AM
NOT ANY MORE STINGERS UP BABY