As the New England Patriots count down the hours until the Super Bowl XLII begins, their focus is solely on winning the game. They don’t care how it happens – as long as the New York Giants lose, the Patriots will be happy.

However, the Patriots’ perfect season deserves a perfect ending. This is a season you will be telling your kids and grandkids about. This isn’t just a Super Bowl on Sunday; this is NFL history.

If the Patriots come out and destroy the Giants, the Super Bowl will have been anticlimactic. On the other hand, if this unbeatable team was pushed to its limits by the Giants and were able to dig deep and will their way to victory, the Super Bowl will be the cherry on the top of their perfect campaign.

That’s why the Patriots need the Giants to show up and play well during the Super Bowl for this team to truly become legendary.

Imagine this scenario:

Patriots down 14 points headed into the fourth quarter, every football fan in existence is stunned and gathered around their televisions. Could the unbeatable team actually lose? Is David about to slay Goliath?

Tom Brady comes out and leads his team down the field but is intercepted in the endzone. The Patriots are now into the fourth quarter, without the ball and down by 14. Things look exceedingly bleak.

The Giants and Patriots trade punts as the Giants milk precious time off the clock. With two minutes to go, Brady leads a last gasp drive. In true Brady fashion, he leads the team down and gets a touchdown.

With only second left and down seven, the Patriots are forced to attempt an onside kick. New England’s special team comes through when needed most and recovers the fumble. With just second to go, Brady hooks up with Randy Moss for a long touchdown.

Kick the extra point? No way. These Patriots go for two and the win. Brady drops back, hangs in the pocket and finds Wes Welker short in the corner of the endzone as the clock ticks to zero. Patriots win!  Patriots win!

Of course, in this perfect scenario, Gisele hops out of the stands in a bikini and Brady and his girlfriend talk about their forthcoming visit to Disneyland. Most importantly, the Patriots are remembered as the best team ever and a team that simply could not lose. As the Super Bowl proved, once again.

While the New England Patriots and New York Giants are playing a little game of football this weekend, that’s old news now. How about we pit them against each other in something other than football? How about the always fun game of “Who has the hottest Girlfriend?”

For the Patriots, the answer is rather simple. Tom Brady is dating the highest paid supermodel in the world – one Gisele Bundchen. Her being a supermodel worth hundreds of millions of dollars makes her the obvious choice to represent the Patriots.

The Giants, on the other hand, require a bit more digging. Eli Manning’s girl is his longtime girlfriend from college. That’s not exciting. Michael Strahan got divorced. Chris Snee is married to Tom Coughlin’s daughter. That’s not exciting, either. In fact, that’s just plain weird.

Enter Aaron Ross and his fiancée Sanya Richards. While Sanya isn’t a supermodel, she is an Olympic gold medalist track and field star whose specialty is the 400 meters.

So we have Gisele versus Sanya in this Super Bowl version of “Who has the hottest Girlfriend?” Let’s break down the tale of the tape.

Which girlfriend is from the cooler country?
Gisele is from Brazil, while Sanya is from Jamaica. Both are exotic countries. Both are popular vacation spots. But we’ll give the advantage to Gisele since Brazil is home to Carnaval – perhaps the world’s best party.

Which girlfriend is more likely to actually watch football?
Where Gisele is from, football is that game where you kick a ball. Sanya moved to Florida early in life and no doubt figured out what real football was at an early age. Advantage Sanya.

Which girlfriend is more likely to remain loyal?
Gisele has a long list of boyfriends including Leonardo Dicaprio and Kelly Slater. Sanya has been with Ross since she was 18. Advantage Sanya, again.

Which girlfriend was the better catch?
While it’s impressive that Ross had the speed to catch a sprinter, Gisele is perhaps the world’s most sought after catch. Advantage Gisele.

In the tie breaking question to determine the winner, which girlfriend has accomplished more in life?
Sanya has a gold medal. Gisele has enough money to buy a million gold medals. Game, set and match for Gisele.

And not surprisingly, the Patriots win again.  Please leave comments below about this article - and Digg this!  Thanks.