The seasons changed, the leaves turned, and one of the pumpkins I bought became moldy. Fortunately I bought two. But what to carve? I’ve narrowed it down to a few options.
My hometown NBA franchise traded franchise star Andre Iguodala to the Nuggets in a four-way megadeal that returned us Andrew Bynum, but the oft-injured Bynum is… injured. What could be more scary than that? Oh yeah: Opening night is on Halloween, and the Sixers frontcourt of Hawes and Brown will be trying to protect the glass against Faried and McGee.
But you may not have a need to denigrate your local NBA outpost. Perhaps you want a more nationally recognizable pumpkin. This particular option lets you recreate a miniature version of the signal that rescued Team USA itself.
But it’s not even basketball season yet. (It’s also not hockey season, but that’s a separate problem.)
I’ve remixed an idea from my friend Jason to create Your Halloween 2012 NFL Pumpkin, which celebrates Commissioner Goodell’s new and improved approach to concussion safety.
![JackOLantern Goodell Concussion Safety](http://thesportsgeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/JackOLantern-Goodell-Concussion-Safety-113x300.png)
Turn your concussed pumpkin-head upside-down, and bury it in the sand. (Sand from Toyotaoflavista.com, where they encourage safe driving.)
But at the end of the day, I played it safe and went with my tried-and-true formula.
Have you ever carved a sports-related Pumpkin?