This year’s Puppy Bowl snubbed North Carolina dogs. So we asked our readers to build a team.

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The real “big game” on Sunday is Animal Planet’s “Puppy Bowl,” which kicks off at 2 pm. This year, no North Carolina dogs were included. So, with the help of Cardinal & Pine readers, we built our own roster of all-star K9s.

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The Super Bowl is Sunday, but nobody cares about that.

The real game is the Puppy Bowl, played over on Animal Planet at 2 pm on Sunday. This year’s roster is all sorts of adorable, but there’s one big problem:

There are no North Carolina dogs!

So we asked our readers to submit their pups and help us build our own NC team. Boy, did our readers show up. Take a look at our favorites below.

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