Pooch-down: the Puppy Bowl is back this year!
New York, New York - There’s another game happening on Super Bowl Sunday, but it has nothing to do with sports and everything to do with puppies.
![The Puppy Bowl is up its 17th edition this year.](https://media.tag24.de/951x634/a/y/ayu9i1mat84fm2nam8yvvyr0nr03afjf.jpg)
That’s right, the 21st annual Puppy Bowl is back, and set to air on Discovery+ and Animal Planet on February 7th, just hours before the real Super Bowl kicks off.
This year’s game will feature 70 different heart-meltingly adorable and adoptable pups who will face off for the "Lombarky" trophy – the most prestigious trophy a pup will ever unknowingly compete for.
Fan-favorite aspects of the game, like the nose-to-nose action footage and slow-motion replays, are back, along with new elements like drone shots and aerial footage, bringing dog lovers at home as close to the action as possible.
Each pooch submitted to a DNA test prior to the game to determine their breeds so that the commentators, ESPN’s play-by-play announcer Steve Levy and SportsCenter host Sage Steele, can discuss the doggie players’ strengths and weaknesses on the field.
The three-hour event will pit "Team Fluff" against "Team Ruff," with a newly added element to motivate the pups to compete their little hearts out – cheerleaders, who are also up for adoption, of course.
"These cheerleading pups will turn up the volume with cuteness overload by shaking their pom-poms as the Puppy Bowl XVII players make their way down the field!" a Discovery statement added.
The last 16 Puppy Bowls had no puppies left behind, toting a 100% adoption rate, and they’re hoping 2021 will be the same.
To find out which team takes it all, tune into the Puppy Bowl on February 7 at 1 PM CST on Discovery+ and Animal Planet.
Cover photo: Screenshot/ Instagram/ Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet