re: LSU/Clemson has same fight song, mascot, Death Valley?

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AggnHouLSU/Clemson has same fight song, mascot, Death Valley?I'm watching the Clemson/Ga Tech game and they play the same fight song as LSU. Both schools are Tigers and both play in Death Valley. So who stole from who?

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No one stole anything.
LSU has had the nickname 'Tigers' since the late 1800's. It was not named after the animal, but rather a loyal and tough confederale troop of soldiers from Louisiana who distinguished themselves in battle.
Also, the name "Fighting Tigers" was christened after a contingent of Louisiana fighter pilots in WWII who saved many lives shooting down enemy planes. I think there was an actual plane named 'The Fighting Tiger'.

LSU's official fight song - "Fight For LSU" was written in the early 1930's by bandleader Castro Carazo, Lloyd Funchess, and none other than Governor Huey Long, who also wrote "Touchdown For LSU" and an adaptation of "Tiger Rag" (before LSU or Clemson even thought of using it.)

"Fight For LSU" is still LSU's official fight song, though "Hey Fighting Tigers" is the sentimental fight song. It was adopted by LSU in 1958 from the Broadway Hit "Hey Look Me Over" in "Wildcat" starring Lucille Ball.
Both are still played at every game to this day,
thogh Tiger Rag currently is not that often.

"Death Valley" was first coined by Clemson in the early 1940's after Clemson coach Frank Thomas noted that an opposing coach stated playing at Memorial Stadium is like playing in Death Valley.

LSU started calling Tiger Stadium 'Death Valley' in the late 50's and 1960's, and legend has it that it was derived from the original "Deaf Valley", though Tiger Stadium's noise factor didn't really become 'legendary' until the late 1950's.

LSU's customs, songs, names etc, have less than zero to do with a school hundreds of miles away in another state and another conference, and never have.