Bucky and Sparty the Wolverines
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Only in Michigan would this be "news". I find it pretty damn funny, even as a big UofM football fan.
U-M Grads Feeling Blue Over Zoo Wolverines' Names
ROYAL OAK, Mich. - The Detroit Zoo has been badgered for the naming of a pair of wolverines. The complaints came from University of Michigan alums who were apparently upset that the wolverines were named Sparty and Bucky, which are the names of the mascots of two of U of M's biggest sports rivals, Michigan State and Ohio State.
And it turned out that the pair was given their namesake by a zoologist who happened to be a graduate of MSU.