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Big Ten SBNation Site Names and Taglines

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I have been visiting the Corn Nation counterpart SB sites of our new Big Ten brethren and could not help but notice the site names and taglines - I am sure there are stories behind each and every one.  But my first visit was to the Iowa site. Now I have absolutely no intention of starting anything, but really, that has got to be the weirdest tagline ever:

Black Heart Gold Pants -"Swelling with Hawkeye Pride since 2007"                      http://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/

The "Black Heart" sounds ominous, but being followed by  "Gold pants" and swelling? What do you think (and aren't you glad Jon is more appropriately humorous)? 

Here are the others:

Maize n Brew -  "Come to Michigan! We have Candy. And Snow. Lots of Snow."                http://www.maizenbrew.com/

Funny.  Self deprecating.  Candy and snow?  What's not to like?

Black Shoe Diaries - "We Blog For Penn State. There Is No Name On Our Jersey."  http://www.blackshoediaries.com/

"Black Shoe Diaries": Sounds too much like "Red Shoe Diaries" to me (you older Showtime subscribers will know what I mean). I like the blunt challenge of the tagline, but I don't know about the name.......

Along The Olentangy - "An Ohio State Buckeye Community"                                      http://www.alongtheolentangy.com/

What's an "Oletangy"?  Sigh.  So much to learn about this new conference.   Good name, but the tagline sounds like it was written by an auditor.

Bucky's 5th Quarter - "YOUR SOURCE FOR WISCONSIN BADGERS NEWS AND ANALYSIS"  http://www.buckys5thquarter.com/

Another no nonsense, humorless tagline but IN ALL CAPS. I like the 5th quarter in the name: it implies FOOTBALL.  But, alas, football season is over and there is nothing but, gulp, basketball.    I didn't know they had a 5th quarter in basketball. Again, so much new to learn in the Big 10....

Hammer and Rails - "Proving those wrong who doubt us"                                               http://www.hammerandrails.com/

"Hammer and Rails" sounds tough.  Like, if you doubt us, we are going to hammer you into the turf and ride you out on a rail tough.   Awesome.

Hail to the Orange - "Home of the Blogging Illini"                                                                http://www.hailtotheorange.com/

Now we know where those blogging Illini got to.  But where do the non-blogging Illini go?  Where is this orange they worship?  Sounds like a cult, if you ask me.

The Daily Gopher - "Your online home for Minnesota Golden Gophers football, basketball and hockey."  http://www.thedailygopher.com/

This nerdy name sounds like a Clark Kent newspaper masquerading as a super modern day sports blog.  Tag line says it all, I guess...hey, Go-Go-Gophers.  Oh...sorry, wrong gophers.

The Crimson Quarry - "An unofficial Indiana Hoosiers blog"                                               http://www.crimsonquarry.com/

The name sounds ominous, like a great hole in the ground where the Cutters stomp the university kids into a bloody pulp. Plus, its an "unoffical" blog.  Sounds subversive.  Altogether kind of layered with menace. 

The Only Colors - "Freeeefallin'"                                                                                                   http://www.theonlycolors.com/

Now, I know Tom Petty is a Florida boy, so I really don't get this for Michigan State.   They could have used Nugents "Free For All" or Segers "Like a Rock" or something from other native sons like Eminem, etc.  Maybe it's a commentary on over-matched athletic hopelessness?  Why would you advertise that?

Sippin' On Purple - "Where Ryan Field isn't half-empty, it's half-full."                                http://www.sippinonpurple.com/

Is this like drinking the kool-aid?  I like the tagline optimism, but either way you look at it it implies lousy attendance. 

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