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 [...]

By: Jess Lander, YawkeyTalkies Editor
With the Pat’s out and four teams left, who would Pats fans pick to win the Superbowl?
Jets: Absolutely not. No way can Pats fans root for a conference rival. And I even would go as far to say no way should a Pats fan root for any New York team. We should be in the AFC Championship, not them. They were just a wildcard team, we won the division. Not to speak for anyone but myself, but I HATE the Jets. Besides they have a rookie quarterback who’s bound to choke eventually.
Vikings: Some people love Brett Farve. I do not. I hated him last year (see above) when he played for the Jets and helped knock us out of playoffs. And now, I just wish he would retire already. I was pretty annoyed this summer when he was, wasn’t, was, wasn’t retiring. Then, the stunt he pulled about a month ago when Coach Childress wanted to take Brett out of the game to prevent injury (he is an old man, after-all) when the Vikings had already clinched their division, and Farve flat out refused, made me like him even less. I don’t care how old you [...]

By: JessLander, YawkeyTalkies Editor
This could be the biggest game of the season. After the Colts debacle, the Patriots have one more chance to really make a statement. One more chance to show the NFL the type of team they can be. To show they are true Super Bowl contenders.
In debatably the best MNF game this season, that Patriots (7-3) will take on the undefeated New Orleans Saints (10-0) and attempt to stop another team from having a perfect season, a feat only they have accomplished.
How they match up:
Going against the Patriots is having to play this game on the road, where they are only 1-3 this season, however they are 4-0 at the Superdome in New Orleans. They have also won the last three meeting against the Saints.  But, the Saints are a new team this year, and making winning look easy, for nine of the Saints ten wins were won by more than a touchdown. New Orleans has outscored New England by 79 points, but the Patriots defense is definitely superior and has held opponents to 40 less points than the Saints.
Quarterbacks: Drew Brees has completed 218 passes with 22 TDs, a 68 percent completion rating and nine interceptions. [...]