re: SDS warning: Brief history of SEC team nicknames

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While a lot of other teams’ nicknames can be traced back to games against long-time rivals, Kentucky’s story stems back to a game against a school it’s only played twice (1909 and 1913) in school history. The story is similar to Arkansas in that it was coined by describing how the team played during a victory. Following a 6-2 win against Illinois in that first meeting, Commandant Carbusier, then head of the military department, told a group of students at a chapel service that the team “fought like Wildcats.”

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