What was your biggest surprise this season?

[grover]

Hetherman and our portal evals. We hit a gram slam.

 

[SouthsideAtl]

The defense limiting big plays this season

 

[hesskilla]

Getting put in the playoff over Notre Dame

 

[JHallCanes]

The big ones were already mentioned

I’ll go ahead and add Bryce Fitzgerald to this

 

[1mg of Epi]

That we aren’t bottom 5 in field goal %.

 

[edge]

Being selected to the playoffs. Even Vegas got that wrong.

 

[No_Fly_Zone]

Carson Davis

 

[insaneinthecane]

That I would drop 2 k on tickets, airfare and hotels to travel across the country to watch this team play again in The 2026 Fiesta Bowl playoff game. Didn’t see that one coming and……..

 

[JackMcClinton89]

Winning 6 games after November 1st, when our M.O during the Mario era has been to fade once November hits (for reference in 2022-2024 we were 4-10 in the months of Nov/Dec). The 6 games haven't been creampuffs either with 4 8+ win teams, 4 true road games or netural sites (and 5/6 being double digit wins).

 

[canesupremacy]

Lack of major injuries

 

[Stingarov]

Beating ND, UF, FSU, OSU, VT in the same season.

Never in my wildest dreams.

(And STILL not ACC champs hilariously, not a good look for the ACC)

 

[Hurricane23]

Biggest surprise is the defensive backs.

 

[3GC]

HEATHERMAN..

 

[Canefan8735]

The quick turn around with the secondary even with the portal players. To go from blown assignment after assignment last season to where we are now is pretty amazing

 

[CaneIsland]

Our kicker is the biggest surprise

 

[CWilliston]

November

 

[DTP]

It’s got to be the overall fundamentally sound way our defense plays. There’s been countless times this year that some running back caught a dump off pass in the flat that would always go for 20 yards against us in the past and we had someone there to tackle him for a minimal gain. Or a quarterback broke out of the pocket and I would expect him to break a huge run but there was almost always a defender in position to make a play. I don’t think we’ve ever been as fundamentally sound on defense as we are this year. We’re almost always in the right spot.

 

[E1k]

Mario. Has fully maxed out the potential of the team

Toney. I was already super high on him but Wr room was a big if to me and he stepped in as a high school senior and carried. Big salute to dawson for adjusting mid season as well

Mesidor becoming all American level

 

[WantedCane]

Keionte Scott

The whole back half of the D. After last year, it’s night and day difference. I have complete confidence in our DBs this year, last year was a circus

 

[IamaCane4Life]

Cristobal adapting, letting the team play free and enjoying himself!