def _get_team_abbreviation(self, team):
name_tag = team('<STR_LIT>')<EOL>team_abbreviation = re.sub(r'<STR_LIT>', '<STR_LIT>', str(name_tag))<EOL>team_abbreviation = re.sub(r'<STR_LIT>', '<STR_LIT>', team_abbreviation)<EOL>return team_abbreviation<EOL>
Retrieve team's abbreviation.

The team's abbreviation is embedded within the 'school_name' tag and
requires special parsing as it is located in the middle of a URI. The
abbreviation is returned for the requested school.

Parameters
----------
team : PyQuery object
    A PyQuery object representing a single row in a table on the
    conference page.

Returns
-------
string
    Returns a string of the team's abbreviation, such as 'PURDUE'.