High School Football: Halloween Costume ideas

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High School Football: Halloween Costume ideas

Photos of AJC High School Sports' Take 10 suggestions for football-related Halloween costumes.

1: Be a Cairo Syrupmaker (Syrupmaid) - Just imagine it: A sea of fans dressed like Mrs. Butterworth's greeting Crisp County on Friday night.

2: Be a Glynn Academy Red Terror - The name itself leaves any costume design open to interpretation, but the name just screams Halloween. Anything could work: Red Power Ranger, Red Care Bear, Clifford the Big Red Dog (above) or even Little Red Riding Hood.

3: Be a Valdosta Buck Belue - The Wildcats need a reason to remember the good ol' days, especially with tough trip to Tift County on Friday. Belue (8, left) gives you options, and we wanted to have a former great player on the list.

4: Be a Buford/ECI Streak - We at Take Ten are not endorsing public nudity. But tan body suits can be used creatively. The Wolves and Bulldogs share Georgia's longest active winning streak at 23 games-in-a-row with Lowndes, who has won 22 and running, a close second.

5: Be a Johnson (Savannah) Atomsmasher - A lot of possibilities to work with here. The particle accelerator had just been invented, so the school went science first.

6: Be a Warren County Screaming Devil - The Screaming Devil mascot is itself very unique, so why not take advantage of the holiday with a student section full of crazed, horned monsters against Washington-Wilkes? Note: Screaming Devils are hard to find but the Underwood Devil? That dude is everywhere.

7: Be a Dunwoody Ryan Seacrest - This is actually for Druid Hills, which plays the undefeated Wildcats Friday. Looking for an upset win? Try reminding Dunwoody of its famous alum by mocking him relentlessly.

8: Be a Clarkston Angora - An "angora" is actually a nickname for a goat. That's a nickname as a nickname. Apparently, Clarkston used to be known as "Goatsville" You'd look pretty awesome dressed as Goat Boy (left, with Sportscenter's Linda Cohn).

9: Be a Southside (Atlanta)/Jackson Laser - We're imaging several possibilities. You could always construct something literal with cardboard, looking similar to Megatron in Transformers. Note: Jackson's changed its mascot to the Jaguars but we liked the Megatron reference.

10: Be a Gainesville Red Elephant - We're not sure which would be scarier right now: Pretending to look like the Republican mascot (above) or dressing up like a pachyderm covered in blood.

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1: Be a Cairo Syrupmaker (Syrupmaid) - Just imagine it: A sea of fans dressed like Mrs. Butterworth's greeting Crisp County on Friday night.

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