Living a couple of hours away from Seattle and being exposed to local things like The Pete Carroll Show' and other such fare doesn't engender civility. It didn't bother me much when they were in the AfC, but since the divisional realignment it's become a real annoyance twice a year. I honestly don't get all this 12th man hype. I think it started out as compensation for having to watch poor teams and took on a life of it's own. And with a crappy baseball team, mediocre college football teams and no more NBA team, it's all Seahawks. Carroll just magnifies things and stokes the collective emotions. But he is a good coach and knows what he's doing. I wouldn't mind seeing a different realignment in a few years when SoCal gets a team back.