Adjust your Puppy Bowl pools because Animal Planet's Puppy Bowl XII has drafted some adorable rescue pooches from the Garden State.

The Puppy Bowl (which first aired in 2005) is a mock pint-sized Super Bowl pre-taped inside a mini-stadium with pooches dragging around their fluffy toys into the end zones. Only shelter puppies aged 12- to 21-weeks-old are allowed on the gridiron. For 2016, the cable channel worked with 44 different rescue organizations and shelters to comprise members of Team Ruff and Team Fluff.

The first Garden State pooch, Dilly, hails from Hoboken and is a terrier mix and 7 months old. Her owner Jamilee Morgan says that Dilly was 4 months old when the Puppy Bowl was taped. She's on Team Ruff.

Dilly hails from Hoboken and is a 7-month-old terrier mix.

"I'm going to be beyond excited and such a proud mom," Morgan tells NJ Advance Media. Dilly was submitted through the puppy rescue Unleashed in New York.

Morgan says that she already had adopted Dilly when she found out that her pup would be on national television.

"I didn't even know they had submitted her, so my excitement was doubled when I found out she was selected," she says. "She was probably selected for her cute scrappy face. I can't wait for the world to fall in love with her adorable, lovable nature."



Another Jersey pup has been already been drafted for the big game. A 13-week-old Schnauzer named Kevin hails from southern N.J.-based New Life Animal rescue and has been drafted for Team Fluff.

Variety explains that the emphasis of pet adoption became central in 2014 and that all of the animals are usually adopted by the time it airs. According to Showbuzz Daily, last year's Puppy Bowl was viewed by 2.7 million viewers.



This year, Puppy Bowl XII airs Feb. 7 from 3 5 p.m. on Animal Planet.



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