<P> Formerly known as Biff, the Wolverine, Michigan's mascot has since been renamed Blue . </P> <P> BLUE, the Wolverine was a live wolverine who served as a team mascot at University of Michigan Wolverines football games and was later kept in a small zoo at the University of Michigan in the 1920s and 1930s . In the mid-1920s, before the acquisition of a live wolverine, the University of Michigan used a mounted and stuffed wolverine, also named "Biff", as the team mascot . </P> <P> In 1923, after seeing the University of Wisconsin football team carry live badgers at games, University of Michigan athletic director and football coach Fielding H. Yost decided to procure a wolverine . Despite writing letters to 68 trappers, Yost was reportedly unable to find a wolverine . The best he could do in 1924 was to obtain a mounted and stuffed wolverine from the Hudson's Bay Company . The stuffed wolverine was named "Biff" and was featured on the cover of a 1925 game program, along with team captain Robert J. Brown straining to hold Biff on a leash . The caption to the photograph read: "Capt . Bob Brown and Biff: The Wolverine Mascot of Michigan Athletic Teams Is Noted for Its Ferocity and Gameness in Battle, a Characteristic of Every Team that Wears the Maize and Blue ." </P>

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