It's high time for an animal mascot

As another football season vanishes into the sands of time with nary more than a faint whimper, maybe the question we should be asking is not "Can Jim Harbaugh ever win the Big Ten East?" but instead, "Should Michigan finally embrace an animal mascot?" The team is already called the Wolverines, so it's not like we would have to rally behind one of those weird pink-plastic humanoid mascots. Not many people know that Wolverines are in fact mustelids, and actually one of the largest mustelids on planet earth. They are quite rare and elusive, but also fearless, intelligent and willing to eat anything from a bird egg to a bee's nest to a full KFC meal abandoned by the side of a cold northern highway. This could be a huge source of pride for Michigan, and a spirited mascot could help overshadow any poor, weak, unduly conservative, or pathetic performance on the football field and bring warmth into the hearts of fans young and old.