Kitten Bowl III is shaping up to be fiercely competitive (and cute)

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Olivia Niland
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If Superbowl 50 feels like it just can't come soon enough, here's some feline football to tide you over until February.

Okay, so the Hallmark Channel's Kitten Bowl III won't air until early next year, either, but in the meantime, bask in the glory of one minute of behind-the-scenes footage from Wednesday's taping in New York.

So just how did these little guys get to be such sports superstars? It's all in the coaching, of course.

"I sat with my team and I said, 'Look guys, I need you to go out there and play with cuteness and cuddliness, I want you to be as furry as you possibly can, I want to see a lot of meows, I want to see a lot of touchdowns," said Feline Football League Commissioner Boomer Esiason.

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