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It was a crisp, Halloween afternoon in 1914 when the University of Cincinnati was first christened the Bearcats. During a game against the Kentucky Wildcats, Cincinnati’s star fullback, Teddy Baehr (really!), inspired one cheerleader to improvise a surprisingly catchy chant: “They may be Wildcats, but we have a Baehr-cat on our side.” The raucous crowd followed, and by the next-day’s school newspaper,...