FOX Sports assigned the announcing team of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman to this Sunday's Divisional Playoff between the Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers, something that some Seahawks fans aren't too thrilled about.

An online petition surfaced calling for the removal of Buck and Aikman from future Seahawks broadcasts following the Seahawks' 13-12 win at Dallas earlier in the season. Buck, who actually was replaced in that game by Thom Breneman as he was working the World Series, said on an appearance on 710 ESPN Seattle's Brock and Salk show that he isn't sure why fans don't care for him.

"I don't know, I pretty much pulled a groin when they beat Denver in the Super Bowl, so I guess it wasn't enough, but somehow I don't like Seattle now," Buck said. "They're on the list with Green Bay, San Francisco and Kansas City – the list is growing and it grows over two sports."

As of Thursday night, nearly 19,000 people had signed the petition, which claims "Aikman & Buck's comments heavily favor any and all of the Seahawks opponents." The petition may have been a successful way for fans to vent frustrations, but it obviously hasn't kept Aikman and Buck off Seahawks games.

"Thank God petitions aren't effective or Troy and I wouldn't be doing the game," Buck said.

Buck said he and Aikman like Seattle but that it's part of his job to call it like he sees it.

"While I appreciate how great they are and, God, we love being around Seattle – from the organization to the city – you have to be honest sometimes and people don't want to hear that from an outsider," Buck said. "If the hometown guy does it or if their buddy does it on the couch it's one thing. When the outsider does it, they want to kill you."

