Many believe that Michigan has never had a live mascot on the sidelines. This is not true. According to the story, Fielding Yost led a charge to bring two live wolverines, named Bennie and Biff, to Michigan Stadium in 1927.
"The live wolverines were a disaster. When Biff was first placed into his cage a week before the game, he snapped a bar in two with his teeth. Said Yost of the wolverine experiment, which ended after that first season: "It was obvious that the Michigan mascots had designs on the Michigan men toting them, and those designs were by no means friendly." After the season, Bennie was sent to the Detroit Zoo while Biff was placed in the now-defunct University of Michigan Zoo."
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