def _parse_abbreviation(self, game_data):
name = game_data('<STR_LIT>')<EOL>if '<STR_LIT>' not in str(name):<EOL><INDENT>setattr(self, '<STR_LIT>', name.text())<EOL>return<EOL><DEDENT>name = re.sub(r'<STR_LIT>', '<STR_LIT>', str(name))<EOL>name = re.sub('<STR_LIT>', '<STR_LIT>', name)<EOL>setattr(self, '<STR_LIT>', name)<EOL>
Parses the opponent's abbreviation from their name.

The opponent's abbreviation is embedded within the HTML tag and needs
a special parsing scheme in order to be extracted. For non-DI schools,
the team's name should be used as the abbreviation.

Parameters
----------
game_data : PyQuery object
    A PyQuery object containing the information specific to a game.