CHARLOTTE — Peter Woods cannot wait to play LSU on Aug. 30 at Memorial Stadium. However, as for the who is the real Death Valley debate, Clemson’s defensive tackle says there is nothing to really discuss.

“I cannot talk my way into a win. Everybody has their own opinion,” Woods said during Day 3 of ACC Football Kickoff at the Hilton. “The facts exist as well. There is Google if you want to research that, you can look it up if you care that much.

“Personally, I know the true answer, but at the end of the day we all have to go out there and play. That will not determine who the real Death Valley is, that will determine some things, but you have to check the facts. The facts are the facts.”

Woods is correct. Clemson is College Football’s Original Death Valley. The story has been told over and over again over the years.

Clemson’s star defender is of course responding to Brian Kelly’s recent cracks at Clemson’s Death Valley, which was as recent as Wednesday night, when he told the Baton Rouge Rotary Club, “You need those (Championship) traits when you’re on the road, when you’re at Death Valley, Jr.”

Kelly also said, “We still think we are ‘The Death Valley.’ They can use the name, too. We are letting them borrow it,” at SEC Media Days earlier this month.

Clemson started calling Memorial Stadium Death Valley in the mid-1940s, while LSU’s earliest account came in 1959. However, the moniker for LSU did not really take hold until the late 1980s and early ‘90s.

As for the game itself. Woods is just happy to be playing in Clemson’s version of Death Valley. The Tigers have not opened up a season at Memorial Stadium since 2019.

 “I love it. I know the Valley is going to show up and show out,” he said. “I am excited. I know LSU is going to bring a good crowd too. It is going to be crazy.”