Virginia's "Don't Tread on Me" license plate has skyrocketed in popularity, from 38,000 in 2014 to more than 97,000 now. The flag was then co-opted by the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

For a small and shrinking tribe, this is a stroke that defines their love of the game. There is pride in playing the shot, even if there is no longer great gain.

The slogan, which commemorates the first powered flight by the Wright brothers near Kitty Hawk in December 1903, first appeared on North Carolina license plates in 1982.