Well, tomorrow is Halloween – All Hallows Eve – the spookiest day of the year. If you are anything like me, you are still trying to find the perfect costume – the right concoction of creativity and practicality. To try and stimulate my brainstorming for the ultimate costume, I thought I would help out some folks connected to sports in Iowa and pick their Halloween outfit.

I know it’s short notice, but remember, they are celebrities (sort of). They can make anything happen.

Shawn Johnson should dress as our favorite female member of the Justice League: Wonder Woman. The Des Moines native is only 15 years old and she is already traveling around the world, winning gymnastics meets and representing the United States. This summer she became just the fourth American to win the world all-around title. I can’t even imagine taking on that kind of responsibility at that age. When I was 15, all I was worried about was some lame freshman football practice and figuring out ways to finish my math homework without having to actually do the problems. Johnson’s ability to manage so much is just as impressive as Wonder Woman’s fighting crime, and Johnson can’t even fly. Plus, the star-covered outfit isn’t far off from a U.S.-themed uniform.

For former house party connoisseur Larry Eustachy, there is only one option for trick-or-treat garb – Frank the Tank. When Eustachy heads out tomorrow for a night of tomfoolery on the campus of Southern Miss, his latest beer pong venue, he needs to dress up (or down) as the decade’s most famous streaker. Besides sharing an affinity for beer, both prefer the company of college students, and when they had each put their beer bong on the shelf for the final time, drifted into relative obscurity.

While on the subject of coaches, who can forget God’s gift to college football, Kirk Ferentz. The University of Iowa paid Ferentz millions to keep him away from the NFL or more prestigious schools. Ferentz has rewarded the school with a 4-5 record this season, including losses to Indiana, and of course, Bret Culbertson. That kind of salary-to-win ratio sounds a lot like the overpaid geezer in pinstripes, Roger Clemens. The Yankees shelled out just more than $28 million for Clemens’ services, and got just six victories from the former Cy Young winner. The similarities are striking. I’m sure there is at least one store in Iowa City that sells evil empire uniforms.

For many, dressing up at Halloween is an opportunity to pose as something you could never be. What a glorious chance for Drew Tate to pretend to be something he has no chance of ever becoming – an NFL player. Currently on the injured reserve for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League, Tate has a smaller chance of making it in the NFL than he did of actually tackling Steve Paris in 2005. But for one night at least, Tate can live out his dreams. He already has all the pads, but he does need to pick up a legitimate jersey. No one is going to believe his Roughriders uniform is from a serious team. Add in a pair of cleats with 3-inch spikes so he is close to his listed height of 6 feet, and you have yourself an NFLer. Sure, dressing up as a generic professional athlete is generally reserved for people of trick-or-treat age, but for lil’ Drew we can make an exception.

So if you are struggling tomorrow evening, feel free to borrow one of my ideas. They weren’t meant for you, but maybe you fit the bill anyway.

But, more importantly, if you see a naked, middle-aged man heading through the quad toward the gymnasium, you know where he got the idea.

&#8212 Nick Paulson is a senior in journalism and mass communication from Minnetonka, Minn.