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re: Who's Death Valley was first?
Posted on 5/23/11 at 10:47 pm to tigger1
Posted on 5/23/11 at 10:47 pm to tigger1
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You will not find 1 reference of Tiger Stadium being called Deaf Valley before 1988, but you will find reference to Tiger Stadium being called Death Valley all the way back to 1966 and that is in national papers.
I'm sure I remember John Fergerson calling it Deaf Valley in the 60's
Posted on 5/23/11 at 11:09 pm to WBL3
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Not in the USC loss
ahh shite nvm then most of them then
Posted on 5/23/11 at 11:10 pm to OLDBEACHCOMBER
Clemson literally has its Tigers name and school colors mirrored after AU. (its on Clemson's school site) Even if they were the 1st to be called Death Valley they are not beyond imitating others.
Posted on 5/23/11 at 11:15 pm to theGarnetWay
Exactly, Clemson's colors, and mascot were brought to them when John Heisman left Auburn for Clemson.
Posted on 5/23/11 at 11:16 pm to Randyh3253
i love how much yall hate clemson, makes me glad we hate GT as much as we do
Posted on 5/23/11 at 11:42 pm to Damn Good Dawg
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i love how much yall hate clemson, makes me glad we hate GT as much as we do
Yeah, smallish state in terms of population. Only 2 schools big enough to be in D1 football. Everyone else either doesn't have a football team or is D2. Thus, even a lot of students who go to smaller schools in-state were raised as SC or CU fans and still root for them pretty hard when they're playing anyone except their alma mater. So pretty much anyone who cares about sports in this state is divided for one or the other.
Posted on 5/24/11 at 12:10 am to OLDBEACHCOMBER
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I'm sure I remember John Fergerson calling it Deaf Valley in the 60's
I started to attend LSU games in 54 w/my dad.
I enrolled @ LSU on an athletic scholarship in 65.
Except for Tulane Stadium (Sugar Bowl) seating about 82,000 (only selling out for the LSU game & the Sugar Bowl), LSU's 68,000 seat Tiger Stadium was the 2nd largest SEC stadium (the stadium escalation race had not yet begun) and we were leading the league in attendance. The stadium was so loud it earned the nickname " Deaf Valley " as a play on words for " Death Valley " .Our home record was good but not great during the McClendon era and if you looked @ our record during this time w/teams that were our equals in stature & rescources our home record was at best OK.
Hence the stadium nickname was not given because of our team record @ home. That's why " Death Valley " was not the choice. " Deaf Valley " was the nickname for Tiger Stadium acknowledging the support Tiger fans gave in both numbers and in LOUDNESS!
FYI If my memory serves me correctly , I would say that the only schools that consistently out drew us (bigger than 68,000 capacity & attendance)
for the season were Mich, Ohio State, Wisconsin,
So.Cal,Tex. .The others that were close or would vary would be N.D.,Mich. St., Penn. St.,Okla. Neb.,UCLA. Night games @ LSU were louder than all of them.
When lots of games started to get televised from Tiger Stadium , the national sports press had a had a hard time with Cajun names & the way Louisianians talked. Even simple ones like LeBlanc were pronounced lee-BLANK. TV sports announcers of that era, who would make a certain ESPN Gameday reporter look like a research champ. These reporters didn't hear or understand the the clarity and subtlety of " Deaf Valley. " They hijacked the term , changed & made a new generation of Tiger fans none the wiser. It made a lot of older Tiger fans think they had misunderstood it in the beginning. Ya can't stop a tsunami.
Posted on 5/24/11 at 12:38 am to Damn Good Dawg
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i love how much yall hate clemson, makes me glad we hate GT as much as we do
The hatred between Carolina-Clemson goes beyond athletics. In fact the hatred started before Clemson was even a school. There is some pretty neat history on the rivalry between the 2 schools. Just Google and you will be amazed at what you see.
Posted on 5/24/11 at 12:52 am to Randyh3253
Fun Fact: After the 98-99 Basketball Season, Cliff Ellis tried to get Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum nicknamed Death Valley
Posted on 5/24/11 at 6:55 am to pirate75
LSU was named Deaf Valley way before Clemson was Death Valley, but LSU's ended up changing to Death Valley over the years, so Clemson was first
Posted on 5/24/11 at 8:05 am to LSUADE
FWIW, Clemson sucks and are a bunch of posers.
Posted on 5/24/11 at 8:13 am to OLDBEACHCOMBER
I prefer Deaf Valley anyways. Although with today's political correctness, we would have to call it, Hearing Impaired Valley.
Posted on 5/24/11 at 8:26 am to auzach91
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no, im saying that because BR is a crime stricken dump
Have you spent anytime in Baton Rouge? At all? Did you just go to Scotlandville? Ever been to Baton Rouge Country Club? Or Country Club of Lousiana? Down Highland Road? Bocage? Around the LSU Lakes? It's interesting The Advocate post a Baton Rouge crime map. When you get south of Florida Blvd., Baton Rouge has less crime than many, many cities.
Your post has to be one of the most ignorant and worst ever.
Posted on 5/24/11 at 11:56 am to Damn Good Dawg
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i love how much yall hate clemson
I did not grow up a Carolina fan, and I already hate Clempson
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