Super Bowl Sunday Brings Out the Dogs — and the Creativity

Super Bowl Sunday is supposed to be peak hot dog territory, but as Daniel noted that evening, there were "surprisingly few" logged. What logs did land, though, were worth celebrating. SweetVillian showed up with a cheese dog at what looked like a backyard watch party — tent up, TV blaring, full spread on the plate. nandopanto brought both a burger and a mustard-dressed glizzy to the same gathering. And shinypiplup quietly went hardest, knocking out two rounds in one night: first a pair buried under fresh guacamole at 11pm, then a coleslaw-and-mustard duo the next afternoon.

Meanwhile, Freddyfingers had smoked pulled pork and Fish had smoked ribs, so they called themselves out. The real story was who stayed the course — and shinypiplup's guac dog became a recurring theme all week, prompting Tilor's immortal line: "He's living that guac and roll lifestyle."