Reaction: Gio Lopez Joining UNC Quarterback Room

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Inside Carolina analyst Jason Staples joins host Tommy Ashley for this emergency show to react to the breaking news that UNC has gotten a commitment from South Alabama transfer quarterback Gio Lopez. Why did Bill Belichick seek out another quarterback? What does this portal addition mean for the Tar Heels' young quarterback room? Staples tackles those questions and more, including scouting Lopez and analyzing a potential comparison to a recent elite signal caller in Chapel Hill. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome into a special edition of a reaction show of Inside Carolina.
0:25.8	Gio Lopez commits to North Carolina.
0:28.8	The quarterback, shout out to Johnny T.shirt and our sponsors, shout out the Big Game USA.
0:33.0	The football is behind me.
0:34.8	Gio Lopez comes to Carolina.
0:36.2	He'll be slinging this around Keenan Stadium in the fall. Check out the video. You think you know North Carolina?
0:41.1	It's not just the smoky mountains and the old well. This is Keenan Stadium.
0:45.3	Where the Jordan Fly Elite Game Ball makes its debut and its homecoming. Born to fly,
0:50.6	built for Carolina. Snag your Carolina blue. Ted Ed.
0:54.1	Jason with the news
0:56.3	Ryan Brown has entered
0:57.9	the transfer portal after being at Carolina
0:59.9	for a hundred days
1:02.5	maybe came in December
1:04.1	out in April
1:05.5	Carolina has added quarterback
1:07.3	Gio Lopez from South Alabama
1:09.1	I watched some highlights against
1:11.0	App State and a couple of other his other games. He's a playmaker. He can make plays.
1:16.4	He's a shorter, stockier, thicker quarterback, lefty, sort of reminds me the way he runs
1:23.3	of Sam Howe, maybe a Darren Durant type. You've seen some other comparisons or you have some
1:29.0	other comparisons. What do you see in Gio Lopez as the new or the newest North Carolina
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