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I know that Clemson earned the name "Death Valley" because it was
Aug 7, 2016, 9:14 AM
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so hot at our traditional 1:00 kickoff time, but does anyone have the backstory on how LSU earned the same nickname. I have a bet with an LSU fan right now.
PS: They hate it when you tell them they smell like a pig in the blanket, but it's true, lol.
TIA
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Re: I know that Clemson earned the name "Death Valley" because it was
Aug 7, 2016, 9:24 AM
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I believe it was originally "Deaf Valley"
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I don't believe it had anything to do with the heat at 1 pm.***
Aug 7, 2016, 9:29 AM
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Re: I don't believe it had anything to do with the heat at 1 pm.***
Aug 7, 2016, 9:34 AM
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Possibly given that name during the Paul Dietzel era. It could be before him though but I'm not sure.They were highly successful and rarely lost a home game. I believe their nickname for their defense was the "Chinese Bandits". Don't know about the origin of that.
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Re: I know that Clemson earned the name "Death Valley" because it was
Aug 7, 2016, 9:36 AM
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The coach from Presbyterian named it Death Valley when he said it was where teams come to die. LSU's name came from ebonics and a misunderstanding when an announcer called it "deaf Valley" because it was extremely loud. They thought he meant death, as in "I was scared to "deaf". Our name was first, historically.
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Re: I know that Clemson earned the name "Death Valley" because it was
Aug 7, 2016, 11:04 AM
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This post is right
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Origin of Death Valley
Aug 7, 2016, 9:39 AM
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"Through the years, Memorial Stadium has become known as "Death Valley." It was tagged this by the late Presbyterian coach, Lonnie McMillan. After bringing his P.C.teams to Clemson for years and getting whipped, McMillan said the place was like Death Valley. A few years later the name stuck."
http://www.clemsontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205504990
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Re: Origin of Death Valley
Aug 7, 2016, 10:12 AM
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this is the CORRECT STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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The media misunderstanding their "Deaf Valley" moniker
Aug 7, 2016, 9:41 AM
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long after our Memorial Stadium became known as Death Valley. The time first I ever heard LSU's stadium referenced by the media as Death Valley was a game there late in 1987 covered by CBS. I believe Jim Nance was a sideline reporter and he called their stadium Death Valley. It was about 4-5 games after CBS and Brent Musburger had been to our Death Valley for the 1987 Clemson/Georgia game.
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Re: I know that Clemson earned the name "Death Valley" because it was
Aug 7, 2016, 11:18 AM
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Tell him some dude on Tigernet said the reason was
Aug 7, 2016, 11:46 AM
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because they just wanted to copy Clemson. Split the money with me after he concedes.
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My understanding is that LSU started calling
Aug 7, 2016, 12:19 PM
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their stadium "Deaf" Valley in a tongue-in-cheek manner after the 1958 Sugar Bowl against Clemson. Somewhere down the line it morphed into Death Valley.
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Re: My understanding is that LSU started calling
Aug 7, 2016, 8:37 PM
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That was the 1959 Sugar Bowl, following the 1958 season - won by LSU 7-0.
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