It was a difficult game for the Fluff team.
The winners of the 2021 Puppy Bowl have their coveted Lombarky Trophy: Team Ruff, the helpless after consecutive victories from rival team Fluff, won the 17th annual Clash of Adoptive Dogs and Puppies.
Seventy dogs competed in this year’s “most beautiful game ever played,” rejected by Dan Schachner, the “rufferee” of all time.
Here is a paw-to-paw summary of the riveting soak.
Team Ruff’s archer, an American Staffordshire Terrier, started the game with a wild play with a penalty for “illegal use of goal posts”, ripping the goal post from the opposing team.
Ruff’s muffin, a terrier mix, marked the team’s first touchdown after a fierce attack by hearing-impaired terrier Marshall, who is being trained to be a support puppy for nurses on the front line. the COVID pandemic and was one of the first candidates for Most Valuable Pup.
Meanwhile, Chow Chow’s mix, Chunky Monkey, was penalized for “excessive sleep” after sleeping on the sidelines. Nice, but no cigar. Still, Twitter went crazy with the most valuable mood served by Chunk himself.
Later in the first quarter, there was a brutal tug-of-war between Muffin and Marshall, while the nervous Nelly Gus of the Fluff team needed a “puppy” talk to get her head in the game. Unfortunately, Marshall crossed the goal line for the first touchdown of a Team Fluff. Very Good Boy Milky Way was also added to Fluff’s touchdown count in the first quarter. Paulie, a bit of a scoundrel, barked right away and earned a touchdown for Team Ruff. Teammate Mix Hashbrown tied the game 21-21 at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the mix of the Grand Pyrenees Duke was deceived by the offensive offensive of the Fluff team, which gave Golden Retriever Beliveau the opening of a touchdown, getting his team 35-21 after another TD from the Sonic terrier-bulldog mix.
Ruff’s Fletcher, a hearing-impaired beagle mix, scored another jubilant touchter, with Ruff’s first field goal scored by Tank, an adorable Rottweiler / boxer, at the end of the first half. The Fluff team continued to be the first rider, not thanks to Fluff’s Erica, a border collie mix who chose to take it easy in a quiet, pleasant corner of the stadium.
The puppies rested during the break show, performed by a very stimulated kitten band, led by DJ Grand Master Scratch on the turntables.
At the start of the third quarter, Team Fluff’s energy ball, Fozzie, was defeated with a penalty for “breaking the puppy”. But the Elkhound Norwegian mix still looked blown away, thanks to a special preparation at Harlem’s Doggie Day Spa before the big event. Later, Ruff’s Apollo gave Dwight a clear path to the end zone, giving Ruff a three-point lead. The victory did not last long, when Beliveau de Fluff scored again after a rather aggressive attack on the water at the expense of Tank.
In the final quarter, crowd favorite Jett, a two-legged lab with his own wheelbarrow, debuted as a puppy and got a touchdown for the Fluff team, thanks to the assistance of the lab / terrier mix Jay.
American Staffordshire Terrier / Dutch Shepherd Paulie joined the Ruff team’s two touchdowns club, but the team couldn’t keep up with the good guys. Beliveau, who frankly looked a little big for a puppy, scored his fourth touchdown for Fluff.
Making the game a real gag, Muffin scored another TD for Ruff, getting the score to 66-69 with one minute left in the game.
But Team Ruff ended Team Ruff’s victory thanks to New York’s Big Boss Paulie. After the consecutive victories of the Fluff team in recent years, the Ruff team paved the way for the legend-hood with a final score of 73-69.
Let’s not forget that the game’s MVP, Marshall, our hearing-impaired Boston terrier, earned the esteemed title. Extra delights for Marshall!
To the big party was added a lineup of famous animal lovers – hosted by best friends Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg, who prepared snacks and drinks from behind the table. The DO-double-G, of course, brought gin and juice. .
First Lady Jill Biden joined her German rescue shepherds Champ and Major Biden, delivered a PSA on dog adoption and also wore masks. Actress Kristen Bell joined the action, encouraging the Java rescue puppy for a day.
But the real winners of the game were the 70 families who brought champions home after the Puppy Bowl; according to Animal Planet, all the dogs in each Puppy Bowl are adopted when the show airs.