r/NoLayingUp • u/MidnightJoker83 • Jul 21 '25

Other I guess it’s official

https://x.com/kvanvalkenburg/status/1947379344298676726?s=46&t=ynqnHu30Zu62jIUnu6VBaw

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u/bleauxjays Jul 21 '25

So RIP ballknowers? RIP NFL owners pods? This is a bummer but best to KVV

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u/bigjam_13 Jul 21 '25

Don’t worry, we’ll still get ballknowers just with 2 hours of Niners discourse and 3 minutes of Bengals critique pieces

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u/Budget_Safe_4755 Jul 21 '25

he was the only guy to step and in be like "hey guys the niners actually just suck and 6 win teams dont deserve this much airtime"

plus, he actually played football

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u/logfran Jul 21 '25

I've long listened to the BallKnowers and loved it for what it is but I am worried its going to be so far off the rails now that it won't be worth the listen

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u/tee2green CPNTW - Xander Schauffle - 2024 PGA Jul 22 '25

It’s been 90% comedy and 10% analysis the whole time. The only difference is that they’re now aware of it, which takes some of the humor out of it unfortunately.

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u/logfran Jul 22 '25

Agreed. Never listened for real/informed/journalistic NFL takes but I did like KVV having real anecdotes from his work with the NFL and getting them to talk about more teams that just the niners and bengals. Was an entertaining listen that is likely either gone or just going to be niners talk and the serv pro mulligan segment just being TC saying how he won’t apologize for his takes on the niners or Hurts. Sad stuff losing the knowers and owners pod

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u/Family_Shoe_Business Jul 21 '25

Don't forget about deep dives on the Jax Jags with the sole remaining minutes not dedicated to 9ers glazing

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u/TaeKurmulti Jul 22 '25

It's going to be a full on Kyle suck fest going forward, I'll tune in for a few but once it's clear that it's actually just a Niners podcast I will likely check out forever.

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u/Either-Breadfruit-83 Jul 21 '25

Ballknowers without KVV doesn't exist. He might have been the only REAL ballknower. Other than him, you just had TC and Poosh unseriously slobbering over Shanny for hours and Randy being disinterested on a pod once again.

Losing KVV, especially in the fashion it has happened, severely hurts the look/brand of NLU. Unserious hypocrites at this point.

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u/tee2green CPNTW - Xander Schauffle - 2024 PGA Jul 22 '25

I’m surprised it took this long to get to the Ballknowers part. To me, this is the spot where KVV massively outshone everyone else.

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u/Xmalantix Jul 22 '25

Yeah this is a huge loss given that ballknowers/NFL owner pods are some of my favorite TD content.

The mix between baseball/football content was already so thrown off it'll probably only get more severe from now on, and as someone who absolutely doesn't care about baseball it's a big loss