What was your biggest surprise this season?

[ssvir]

Keionte Scott

This is the answer

 

[CampHillCane]

Transfer DBs

 

[tywebb55]

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#PostgamePete

 

[OriginalCanesCanesCanes]

These are all really good surprises. I can’t add anything - pretty much every post documents something that is at least somewhat surprising.

 

[ssvir]

The play of the DBs. By a MILE. Especially the safeties and Scott.

Think about it. We all had years taken off our lives watching whatever the **** that was in the entire back 7 last year.

This year we bring in a mostly backup from Tennessee that they didn’t break the bank to keep.

We bring in a G5 kid who played great last year but again, at the G5 level. Far from a sure thing.

And we bring in a kid who Auburn would’ve personally driven down here had we asked. A complete afterthought for them.

And they go on to completely flip the entire defense on his head, Keionte probably wins the **** Thorpe Award if he doesn’t get hurt, Thomas was the best player on the entire field in the FSU game, Fitzgerald is the lone player who was a non-early enrollee and leads the **** P4 in picks, Poyser has been an ERASER all year.

There is a lot that has to go right to go from what we had to what we have. But my biggest surprise is how completely different this secondary is from last year to this year.

Corey Heatherman for President.

 

[NYCCaneadian]

Most of the major ones taken so I’ll go with

Bryce Fitzgerald: 6 INTs from a guy who most people thought would contribute in a few years and maybe not even on defense

Jordan Lyle: if you told me he’d have a healthy season with 35 carries and 108 yards after his freshman year I’d be shocked

 

[BigDikDaddyFromCincinnati]

We adjusted mid-season and played significantly cleaner football.

 

[WestGA'Cane]

The defense is night and day. Beyond that though, the DEPTH is shocking. Heatherman been using 20ish guys with relatively no dropoff.

 

[JG14]

Lou Cristobal not winning the Remington

 

[Page305]

Defense.... specially DBs..... more specifically, Agent 0. If anyone would have predicted he'll be our best db since Rolle/best db season since SeanT they probably would have gotten banned.

 

[[]_[] swag]

Our OL and DL dominating top tier opponents. Not surprised that they bully nc state and pitt, but that we've been able to push around oh at and ND is shocking to me.

Also Mario making in season adjustments.

 

[L A M P]

Peaking late in the season. We look like a well run program who knows what we’re doing. Nice change.

 

[stormsurge]

The whole defense. I thought we'd be good just nowhere near THIS GOOD.

 

[Colombie]

That we lost two games.

We should be undefeated.

 

[djh]

@Trinton Breeze ‘s predictions against the U.

 

[YUMU]

The Committee picking us for the playoffs.
that decision changed everything/ reversed 23 years of darkness

 

[lfoliva9988]

going from one of the worst defenses in the country and wasting a generational QB to beating National Title favorites with our defense (all within 365 days).

It's actually insane when you really think about it.

Of course the play of certain players have allowed that to happen, but as a unit, to do what they have done, it honestly might be one of the best coaching jobs in Canes history (Heatherman)

 

[canesarchitect]

Finishing the season strong.

 

[cway313]

In order Thomas, Scott, Fitzgerald.

 

[lucius superbus]

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-Toney being as good and critical to our success as he is
-Carter Davis being a total stud (his 2024 stat line suggested otherwise)
-Catching reliability of the WR group (very few drops)
-The tent remaining unfolded after loss #2
-The secondary being this good
-The biggest surprise of all in 2025 - a critical game with zero critical penalties (in fact only one penalty in total) called against Miami. 40 year fan - NEVER have I seen that.