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#UNC running back Caleb Hood press conference
Sep 3, 2025
#UNC running back Caleb Hood press conference
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campus shot.
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Uh just positivity. Uh you know, it's
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the beginning of the season. A lot of
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things still happen. Um so just being
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positive and uh regrouping and uh
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restarting this week. So you know, you
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got to practice today and about to get
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after this week and uh you know, just
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turn the page, refocus, and uh type a
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tight next week.
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Let's go to Noah here.
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No, stop talking 24/7. Knowing what what
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Max has been through in his career,
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seeing him run out on the field in the
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third quarter, what was that like for
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you from your perspective? Um, you know,
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Max Max is always going to be ready.
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He's, uh, he's always that way. Uh, he
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stays ready. He's prepared. Um, and, you
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know, he's he's a mature guy and you
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bring some experience. So, uh, but, um,
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him and Gio both uh, you know, we can we
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can leon both of them. So, uh, you know,
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I'm just got to do do my job and, uh,
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you know, be ready for whoever's out
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there. So,
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it's going to be great.
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size. Speaking of you, with everything
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you've been through, prevention and
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everything like that, what was that
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feeling like when you got in the score?
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Uh, it was surreal. Um, you know, just
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seeing all the fans, everything,
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everybody there, uh, and just that being
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the moment, uh, first drive and
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everything. And, uh, it was it was
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surreal. It was a great moment, but at
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the same time, you know, we got to
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sustain that and, uh, you know, just
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build off that. So yeah,
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it's going to be Andrew.
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You guys obviously had a ton of success
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with that first shot, but then you
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stalled the next six, seven series. Did
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they make adjustments any any schematic
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or they just simply lineage and that's
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what made us
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I ain't going to get into like X and O's
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and stuff like that, but uh you know, we
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just got to we got to be better. We got
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to execute better and uh you know, we
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just got to uh it just comes down to
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that just executing better. Let's
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go to Shelby. just um on that I guess
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could you speak to how well has been in
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terms of picking up the team again
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obviously after los
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uh just turn that next page uh you know
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you put TCU to bed uh that was last week
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uh and control we can control we can all
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control we got this week UNC Charlotte
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and uh that's what we're focusing on
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right now Michael
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Caleb Michael wchl.com
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you feel like a short turnaround from
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Monday's game to Saturday's uh game at
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or is that is a good thing in this case
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just getting the TC game out of mind and
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getting back on the field as quickly as
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possible?
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Uh in a way, yeah. Uh you know, just
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turn the page quick uh get back to it.
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Um but at the same time, you know,
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regardless of how the time is, uh you
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know, we we got to get back to it uh
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regardless and we got to do it fast and
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uh so I think I think we were ready.
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Let's go to Jeremiah.
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Yeah, Jeremiah with South Carolina.
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Caleb, you being a returning guy, I know
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obviously it's a new staff and
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everything, but how do you feel your
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continuity from a leadership standpoint
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uh kind of is a an asset to the team?
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You obviously play, you know, a lot of
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college football as well. How do you
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kind of see that uh being an asset to
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this current team?
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Uh I think it's a pretty good as aspect
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uh just being like an older guy and
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having some um experience. Um just
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bringing that to younger guys, new guys,
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whatever whatever the case may be. Um,
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and just, you know, being positive. Um,
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just trying to like the mood, whatever
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like the case may be. Um, whatever I got
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to do to, uh, to lead those guys or to
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influence in the right direction, uh,
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I'll do. So, uh, yeah.
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Andrew,
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going back to some of the things you've
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been through, a lot of stuff you've been
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out as much as you've been in uniform.
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What was what were the reaction for you
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when you told you to start and then you
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run out there, crowd being the way it
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was, and you were out there? was sort of
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a a payoff for you, a personal payoff
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being out there, experiencing that,
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being the guy.
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Uh I wouldn't say a payout, but uh it
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was definitely uh
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all that work.
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Yeah, I mean God I feel like everything
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happens for a reason and God put me in
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that situation. Um you know, he God is
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great. I'll just say that. That's all I
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can say. I can't really describe the
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moment. I was just I I wasn't either. I
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kind of just blinked. It was just I just
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all I can think is God. And when you
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were told you were going to start, when
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you learned that, did you just like a
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little moment for yourself there?
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I really couldn't care less about
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starting. I just want to be on the field
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just with the guys and just play. Uh,
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you know, you you don't get a lot of
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opportunities to play this game,
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especially at this level. And, uh, you
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know, just whatever play I get, I just
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try to cherish it and make the most of
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it. So, yeah.
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Let's go to Adam.
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Adam Smith in South Carolina. you know,
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with so many new pieces just everywhere
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in terms of developing maybe a chemistry
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or a rhythm with the offensive line,
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like what is the challenge there?
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There's so many transfers you guys have
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got. Some guys are banged up on the O
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line. Like what do you see as the
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challenges there with that group and how
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you need to see them improve uh going
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forward?
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Um, I think we just we all got to
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improve honestly. Just me, it start with
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me and uh everybody else. We just we
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just want to improve from week to week
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and from game to game. And uh that's
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just the biggest thing. You never want
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to just look back and like, oh, we did
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this. We want to do this. You just you
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just want to fix what you fix what
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everybody made. Everybody makes
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mistakes. Everybody's going to make
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mistakes. And uh you know, we just got
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to correct those uh and control we can
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control. And that's doing your own job.
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So I just got to correct what I can
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correct. Uh fix what I can fix. And uh
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same with them. They know that. I know
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that. So that's all we got to do.
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Anything else for Kale?
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Last one for Jeremiah.
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Yeah. Uh, I know you won't be on the
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field with him at the same time. You
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have, you know, Connor over there at
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Charlotte and things like that. You
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played with him for a while. Just how
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much do you look forward to seeing him
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over there, you know, on the other, I
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guess, on the other side.
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Yeah, for sure. Conor's a great guy. I
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played golf with him a lot in all season
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last year. Um, you know, we got a great
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connection. Um, but, uh, this week we're
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we're on the opposite side. So, uh,
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yeah.
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Who's better?
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All right. Golf. Who's better golf?
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Oh, I'm never going to say I'm not good
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at golf. So, yeah, I'm going say me.
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Good stuff. Appreciate you.
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