The above coordinates ARE the location of the cache placed near a popular sporting goods store. However, to log this cache as a find you must meet the "Challenge" requirements documented below. Difficulty rating is based on the challenge; the true difficulty for this hide is a 1.5. NOTE: Moved this one slightly north of coords (about 3 feet) to accommodate overgrowth and make it a bit easier. Also added hint to make it much easier to find.
We love our sports here in the south! And even if we have bitter rivalries in our conference, we are all very proud to be part of the NCAA's premiere league, the Southeastern Conference!
Your challenge, if you so choose, is to find ALL 14 SEC Team "nick names" in names of caches. BUT, you only have to find 11 caches because the conference has 2 "Bulldogs" and 3 "Tigers". You can use the non plural of the words for teams, i.e. "Aggie" would qualify for the "Aggies". You may also use a cache that at least contains the word w/in another word, (i.e., "Maggie" would qualify for "Aggie") as long as the full name is entirely included in one word.
The 11 SEC Team "nick names" you must use are:
Aggies, Bulldogs, Commodores, Crimson Tide, Gamecocks, Gators, Razorbacks, Rebels, Tigers, Volunteers, and Wildcats.
However, make us an argument and substitutions will be considered solely at my discretion. For example, I would probably accept a find w/ "Hogs" in it as a substitution for "Razorbacks", or even "Big Orange" instead of "Volunteers" because their respective fan bases refer to them as such. But "Crocodiles" in place of "Gators" or "Admirals" in place of "Commodores" would not be accepted because no gator fan will ever refer to their team as the "crocs".
Caches placed after 7/11/2012 may not be used to qualify for this cache unless they are at least 90 miles away from this cache AND all other qualifying caches of that mascot have been archived.
When logging this cache, create a bookmark list and include the link or list your requisite caches in your log with the cache name, gc#, and date found as identified below (color coding optional):
Gig'em AGGIES (GC2WAV4) 7/8/12
An Ode To BULLDOGS (GC1J6KG) 7/8/12
Why "The COMMODORES"? (GC3N0K2) 7/8/12
CRIMSON TIDE Hide - 1925 (GC1P32X) 7/8/12
College Football #41 South Carolina - GAMECOCKS (GC2KD2H) 7/8/12
GATORS or Croc's (GC3ENNJ) 7/8/12
RAZORBACKS, Go Hogs! & Woo Pig Sooie! (GC2998D) 7/8/12
Lions vs REBELS (GC3BVM9) 7/8/12
3 TIGERS eyes R on U (GC3FX7V) 7/8/12
48th Regiment VOLUNTEERS (GCR44T) 7/8/12
Bears, tygers, wolves, and WILDCATS (GCGT8D) 7/8/12
You may find the cache and sign the log at anytime but you may not log it as a find until you meet the requirements listed above.
Enjoy, happy hunting, and good luck spilling your ink. Cache ya later!
Ol'Fogie
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