Hall of Fame coach Steve Spurrier’s new book “Head Ball Coach” will be released Tuesday, Aug. 30.

ESPN published a quick post that reveals some context from the book on Thursday, which is pretty interesting. Spurrier talks about his notoriety in regards to his media-friendly quotes and quips, particularly his back-and-forth jabs with Clemson coach Dabo Swinney.

Clemson was a natural target while I was at South Carolina and enjoyed trading light jabs with Dabo Swinney. Dabo and I seemed to enjoy going back and forth. Clemson, of course, has nicknamed its Memorial Stadium Death Valley. So just to have a little fun, I was talking to the media one day when I suggested there were several stadiums with that name — one being LSU’s in Baton Rouge.

I said, “Most of our guys have never been to Death Valley. That [LSU’s] 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. Was LSU the first one or the second one? They were first? Oh, okay.”

Dabo fired back, saying for sure his stadium was “the original” Death Valley. And then he added: “I am pretty sure that is accurate, but I can see where he might have had a little confusion. Our guys have never been to USC. California is a long way from here. I can see where there might be a little confusion there — two Death Valleys and two USCs, but there is only one real one. That is classic Spurrier. When he is winning, you can say anything you want. He is one of the best.”

Make sure to head over to ESPN to read the entire excerpt, and be ready to order the book when it hits stands here in a few days.