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Pete Carroll fired up about XFL coming to Seattle, but will anyone else be?

I’ll admit it, this week’s announcement of the brand-new pro sports franchise coming to Seattle still has me buzzing with excitement. The long wait is finally over!

What’s that? No, I’m not talking about the as-yet unnamed NHL hockey team that will start play at the about-to-be revamped KeyArena (which will almost certainly have a different corporate name by the time they drop the puck in 2021). The NHL made that news official to great fanfare Tuesday.

I’m talking – yes, a bit facetiously – about the as-yet unnamed XFL football team that will start play at CenturyLink Field on Feb.