By: Scott Jackson, YawkeyTalkies Staff Writer

Hey, it was a tough end to the season for Patriot Nation.  If the bashing by Baltimore kept you from watching the rest of the playoffs, here are five reasons why you should pick-up the remote and tune in on Sunday.

4- Battle of the Reality Stars: Sure, American Idol winner Carrie Underwood is singing the national anthem during the pregame.  But she might not be the biggest reality at the big game.  That honor goes to Kim Kardashian, girlfriend of Saints running back Reggie Bush.  Or it could go to Kendra Baskett (see picture), wife of Colts wideout Hank Baskett.  Kardashian stars in the E! series “Keeping Up With the Kardashians.”  Kendra is a former playmate who starred in E!’s “The Girls Next Door” before moving to her own show, “Kendra.”  Let’s start celeb-insanity.

3- Ex-Pats abound: Randall Gay, David Thomas, Heath Evans, and Kyle Eckel all spent time with New England, and now play for the Saints.  Gay started seven games at corner for New Orleans, recording 37 tackles and an interception this season.  Thomas caught a career high 35 passes backing up Jeremy Shockey at tight end.  Not bad for players cast aside from New England.

2- Who: No, not “Who Dat,” the somewhat obnoxious call of drunken Saints fans everywhere (it’s like their “Yankees Suck”).  I’m talking about The Who, the “loudest band in the world,” and this year’s halftime act.  The band has twelve platinum albums in the US, and performs the theme to about half of CBS’s shows (convenient, considering the game is on CBS).  I just pray we don’t see Pete Townshend’s nipples.

1- Gambler’s Paradise: When else can you bet on the color of Gatorade, or if God gets thanked before Mom?  The casual gambler in all of us loves the Super Bowl for all the bets we can place on it (for fun of course, since gambling is illegal in most places).  Some of the better lines (no pun intended) for this year involve what color Gatorade will be dumped over the winning coach’s head (I’d go red), who gets the first thank you in the post game speech (go with God), and how long the anthem will last (always take the over), and whether the aforementioned Townshend smashes his guitar on stage (I say he will).

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