"That is THE Death Valley, isn't it? Or is there another one? There's two of them. That's right. There's two Death Valleys," the colorful coach of No. 3 South Carolina said in a two-pronged jab at both Saturday night's opponent -- LSU -- and the Gamecocks' in-state rival, Clemson. "We know it'll be loud and crazy and all that kind of stuff, but we've won in front of 90,000 before.
"The tiger doesn't play defense or offense for them, not yet anyway," Spurrier added, referring to LSU's Bengal tiger mascot, Mike. "They keep him caged up, I think."