PETER KERASOTIS, WORST COLUMNIST IN AMERICA, IS LYING.
If you read Peter Kerasotis’ column following the Auburn game, then you shouldn’t have, because Peter Kerasotis is the Worst Columnist in America. However, if you innocently stumbled into the jumbled wormhole of completely false statements, one line paragraphs, and smarmy baseless supposition that is the average Kerasotis column, you may not have escaped without minor brain damage and the indelible image of Auburn fans storming the field in a bloodthirsty, senselessly hazardous mob, holding lit fireworks, handguns, and running with scissors in their celebration.
It was not a safe environment, as evidenced by the thousands of fans who rushed the field unhindered immediately after Auburn scored a gimme touchdown on the last play of the game.
Thousands! Hordes! Teeming throngs of naked Auburn fans painted blue and orange tossing Chinese Throwing stars at each other! Just…look at them.

Pandelirium, I tell you!
Peter Kerasotis must have written this from the comfort of his home, with its large, foam rubber pads covering every corner of furniture and plastic grip pads on each non-carpeted surface. We just like to imagine him, sipping Riunite on ice and reminding visitors not to step off the plastic carpet tracks running through the house.
Will wrote him to point this out; check out his piece on From The Bleachers for Kerasotis’ bizarre response.









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zzgator says:
The rest of his column sounded good to me. And I really think you’re depriving a much more worthy candidate of this title…and his initials are MF.
October 18th, 2006 at 2:15 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
That would be admitting that MF could write.
October 18th, 2006 at 2:15 pm
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HFS says:
Really, the whole thing was crap. That was just the one part furthest off base and easiest to refute with visual evidence. This wasn’t a simple misstatement or a different view of something others saw another way (like the fumble)… When someone is that badly wrong — to the point that it appears to be either deliberate falsification, a lack of brain activity, or an overuse of Red Bull that’s been left out in the sun — and then won’t admit to it when given clear evidence, nothing else that person says should be bothered with. That may actually not be too far removed from a legal definition of insanity.
October 18th, 2006 at 2:24 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
The real question is if he’s reached Douchebaggery status yet.
October 18th, 2006 at 2:33 pm
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DC Trojan says:
Riunite on ice, Riunite so nice…
thanks for putting that in my head for the afternoon. Seriously, thanks.
October 18th, 2006 at 2:38 pm
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GoneGator says:
Too bad his point (the replay official should be a neutral cat) gets lost in his hyperbole/Mitch Albom-esque “I was there” coverage. In fact, the whole “I saw it with my binoculars” seems like he’s protesting too much. Somebody check with the bartender at the Opelika Holiday Inn.
The replay officials should be in the witness relocation program, or outside of the driving range of SEC fanbases. They could share commuting costs with Verne Lundquist.
October 18th, 2006 at 2:44 pm
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tbmd96 says:
Another Deadspin link was posted. Should we be preparing for Server Holocaust again?
October 18th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
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Orson Swindle says:
Big fat GoDaddy server should be able to take it.
October 18th, 2006 at 2:59 pm
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Rob G (poster formerly known as Lono) says:
Maybe, like me, he couldn’t make out was on the field through the tears
October 18th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
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AUAlum says:
Rob, in your blog you said that Jordan-Hare wasn’t that loud. That goes against one of Kerasotis’s points. You must have forgotten your high-powered binoculars that increased the noise level to “ear-splitting levels.”
If Florida fans will forgive AU for Taylor Hicks, we can forgive you for Kerasotis.
October 18th, 2006 at 3:24 pm
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zzgator says:
Funny…the SEC thought that the stadium was too loud…at least in an “against the rules of fair play and good sportsmanship” sort of way.
October 18th, 2006 at 3:33 pm
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Rob G (poster formerly known as Lono) says:
ZZGator: my blog is the biased opinions of a Gator fan who was sitting in the visitor’s section, not a scientific reading of decibel levels in Jordan-Hare.
That said: I really, honestly don’t think the place was that loud…except maybe for the Ozzy Osbourne coming out of speakers.
October 18th, 2006 at 3:37 pm
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Tar Heel Fan says:
Ah thanks a lot for posting a freeze frame with the USF-UNC score on it. Like I really needed that particular incident rubbed in my face one more time.
October 18th, 2006 at 3:38 pm
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Doug says:
Fans who had been drinking? Heavens no! A noisy stadium? Those animals!
Someone get out the fainting couch, stat. Has this twit ever been to an SEC football game before?
October 18th, 2006 at 3:40 pm
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Ohiodawg says:
Don’t lie. But if you are going to lie, don’t lie about facts.
October 18th, 2006 at 3:48 pm
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zzgator says:
RobG…I only say this because…
“The SEC has issued Auburn University a warning for violating SEC policy by blasting loud music over the public address system between plays when Florida was on offense in the second half of Saturday night’s game.
The rule states: “The use of institutionally-controlled computerized sound systems, including music, and institutionally-controlled artificial noisemakers shall be restricted to pre-game, halftime, post-game, after a score and team or media timeouts.”
The first violation results in a warning, while the second results in a fine not to exceed $5,000.”
http://gatorsports.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061017/GATORS01/61017010
October 18th, 2006 at 3:59 pm
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beatAuburn says:
Not a safe environment? There’s plenty of reason to use caution in Knoxville or even sometimes Tallahassee, but Auburn fans were considerate before, during, and after the game. And drinking? It’s a nationally televised SEC game played at night, you be the judge. Besides, Auburn seemed to take a note out of Florida’s book by having cops in yellow jackets standing every few feet around the entire field looking like they wanted to take your cheese. Nobody got onto the field that wasn’t supposed to be there. Peter should be made to coauthor an article with the Leak4Heisman guy from CBS Sportsline, that’s the only way I see sportswriting getting any worse this season.
October 18th, 2006 at 4:04 pm
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Kevin @ Fanblogs says:
You say Riunite on ice like it’s a bad thing.
October 18th, 2006 at 4:09 pm
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Stacy Keibler Loves Me says:
Worst COLLEGE PRESIDENT in America, is lying like Kerasotis Dept.:
If Peter Kerasotis a @#$ lier, how about the PRESIDENT of Miami, Miss Clintonista Shalala, who stated the following of her thugs after they were handed the slap on their wrists for starting the riot a few days ago:
“I believe that the young men we have recruited for our football team are young men of great character,” Shalala said. “But they did a very bad thing.”
If those young men have great character, I would hate to see the ones that have terrible character.
October 18th, 2006 at 4:14 pm
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Stockman says:
Listen dammit, Florida Today is MY hometown newspaper and Peter Kerasotis deseves to be flogged, naked. He truly is awful, be thankful you don’t get his columns weekly.
October 18th, 2006 at 5:14 pm
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Rainmaker says:
He’s a god-awful writer, but he’s right about two things:
1) AU’s use of Survivor, Ozzy Osbourne, and AC/DC is about as bush-league as it gets. Leave that to Conference USA, guys.
2) Al Ford is a buffoon and, if the conflict of interest exists that has long been rumored, he absolutely should not be officiating AU games.
October 18th, 2006 at 5:34 pm
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Earl Schlobodowicz says:
Lighten up Francis. Kerasotis ain’t that bad, he’s just a homer and I think he’s never gotten over UF not doing everything in its power to get Spurrier back. Every now and then he enjoys it when bad things happen to the Gator football team because, in his mind, it proves him right.
Regarding worst columnist in America, Orson, familiarize yourself with the names “Larry Guest”, “Brian Schmitz” and “George Diaz”.
October 18th, 2006 at 5:41 pm
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AUAlum says:
Rainmaker,
1. Hell’s Bells is awesome, and Survivor needs the royalties everytime we play it. Without us and the Starbucks commercial, those guys would starve.
2. Those allegations are false. He is a supporter of UNA in Florence, not Auburn.
October 18th, 2006 at 5:47 pm
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italiangator says:
GoneGator actually made a point (sarcastic but actually with some truth to it) that would help in the whole “replay ref was biased/influenced by the crowd” argument- just don’t have the replay official onsite. You can’t tell me that there’s anything that he does (namely, buzz down to the field and review video evidence) that can’t be done away from the stadium. Hell, put ‘em in space for all it matters (except then it’d all be biased towards Michigan, so scratch that).
October 18th, 2006 at 5:57 pm
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Wade says:
Here’s some even better shots:
http://i11.tinypic.com/482ro10.jpg
http://i11.tinypic.com/4059tvt.jpg
Wow…look at all those yellow-clad security people trying to stop….well…..nothing.
October 18th, 2006 at 6:00 pm
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MiseanAUFan says:
Rainmaker, let it go:
http://gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061016/GATORS01/61016012/-1/sports
October 18th, 2006 at 6:26 pm
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Tron Jackson says:
Al Ford is pure evil, and a Tech grad. He must be stopped.
October 18th, 2006 at 9:08 pm
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italiangator says:
MiseanAUfan, did the Hawaiians let it go when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell 2 Da Naw! (I’m pretty sure that’s how Belushi would have framed it if he had it to do over again) (also, if any fan ever let anything go, I wouldn’t still get a nervous twitch when some kid named Lindsay is cheered on by his/her parents in the 100-yard dash)
October 18th, 2006 at 9:19 pm
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NewAZTiger says:
#24 I’d love to see the delay on having a replay official offsite and streamed about 5 different HD video streams.
Bowflex would buy up that ad-space in a heartbeat and we’d get sold their entire product line before the instant replay official made his call.
Replay officials are not biased by the crowd. No one in the crowd even knows who they are. The on-field officials can be influenced by the crowd, but the replay booth?!?? Come on.
October 18th, 2006 at 10:08 pm
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TigerDad says:
The best way to take the crowd out of the game is to score often in the first half and then keep scoring the second half. Fla did neither–I was at the Ark game , not much second half noise –a lesson Fla could have learned from the razorbacks about how to quiet the AU crowd
October 18th, 2006 at 10:36 pm
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j.j. says:
Riuniti con hielo
Riuniti tan bueno
Ah, the Spanish jingle strikes again.
October 18th, 2006 at 11:33 pm
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brygator says:
Petey has been on my sh*t list for sometime now. He’s an embarrassment to the Gator Nation. Despite the poor reporting on this past week’s column, one thing he did impress me with was the fact there was not one reference to SOS.
I’ve never seen more man-love for an athelete or coach by a pundit since Beano annointed Powlus with a Heisman hat trick.
What’s 14 inches and hangs between Steve Spurrier’s legs?
Keratosis’ tie.
October 18th, 2006 at 11:53 pm
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A.G. says:
Al Ford is not a Tech grad…
Bobby Gaston…Rogers Redding…abso-freakin’-lutely…
They’ve already declared Florida is up by 3 TD as the start of the 1st qtr next week..
October 19th, 2006 at 12:51 am
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John says:
I’m really glad that you’re all talking about Kerasotis like this. His article got me really angry because of the way he portrayed the Auburn fan base, most auburn fans will invite you to their tailgate for a beer and some ribs or whatever and we try to uphold that standard of sportsmanship. IMO Kerasotis was most likely on his way back to the hotel when the game ended. Couldn’t stand seeing the beatdown any longer and just assumed that the Auburn fans would rush the field seeing as how they did back in 2001 (which was the last time auburn fans rushed the field.) Anyway, I look forward to the game in Atlanta, it promises to be a good one.
October 19th, 2006 at 12:55 am
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Rainmaker says:
Misean,
Well, that settles it–SEC said the call was right. If you think that’s dispositive, then you are one naive dude. This is at least the second time this season that they’ve refused to acknowledge a blown call. It’s pretty clear what the philosophy of the league office is: unless the call cannot be possibly be rationalized in any whatsoever, they’re going to defend the calls of their officials.
AUAlum, didn’t his kids graduate from AU? I grew up within about 5 minutes of Al Ford, and it was widely understood in my area that he was an AU supporter (something AU fans in my area not only acknolwedge, but bragged about).
October 19th, 2006 at 9:24 am
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WVUFan says:
Tim Brando did the same thing to WVU two years ago when we finally beat Maryland after they WAXED us 3 or 4 straight times. I personally attended the game. After the game winning touchdown by Chris Henry absolutely no one rushed the field. Everyone stayed in the stands and sang Country Roads. The only people on the field other than the players were the stadium Event Staff who, after every single home game, immediately take down our collapsible goal posts.
Tim Brando’s comments on CBS (i think) that saturday night were as follows:
“You dont think the Big East is weak?! You dont think the Big East is weak?! The #1 Big East team WVU beats #4 ACC team Maryland and the fans rush the field and rip down the goal posts!!!”
Wow.
October 19th, 2006 at 9:39 am
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Bobby says:
Tim Brando is an idiot who should never be quoted.
Florida fans whining about Al Ford and loud music between plays sound like Dustin Hoffman bobbing his head up and down and insisting on watching Jeopardy.
Let it go, people.
Or, at the very least, gain more than 100 yards in the second half of the rematch in Atlanta.
I read the P.K. article online a few minutes ago and didn’t see anything about thousands of Auburn fans storming the field. I’m assuming the editors took that line out of the online edition of the column. If he put that line in print, then he owes Auburn University an apology.
Oh, and for the clowns saying it wasn’t loud in Jordan-Hare Saturday night, you’re really taking this loss tough, aren’t ya? That was the loudest I’ve ever heard in that stadium and that’s saying a lot.
October 19th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
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Will Collier says:
It’s still there. I’m actually a bit disappointed, since slapping FT around for airbrushing the column would have been big fun.
Check after Petey’s apparently de-rigeur one-word ‘paragraph,’ “Drinking.”
October 19th, 2006 at 1:42 pm