| So are you all stocked up for the big game Sunday, Super Bowl LVI between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams? Chips, dips, stuff like that? Well, you also needed a little reading material until kickoff gets here (5:30 p.m., NBC). Lucky for you, The Advocate is here with what you need. Our Amie Just is in SoCal for the Super Bowl, and she tells us that former LSU and current Rams left tackle Andrew Whitworth is perhaps looking to go out with a storybook (Hollywood?) ending with a first career Super Bowl win. By the way, want to feel old? Whitworth, a star of LSU's 2003 national championship team, is the NFL's oldest active player at 40 years, 60 days old. Also, the game will have a heavy SEC flavor, thanks to players like Whitworth, Joe Burrow and Odell Beckham Jr. from LSU and from schools like Georgia as well. Football is winding down but basketball is in its prime pre-March Madness stretch. The LSU women's team, coming off a big road win Monday at Ole Miss, hosts Georgia on Thursday night in a battle of ranked SEC teams (No. 14 LSU, No. 17 Ole Miss). And Sheldon Mickles tells us the X factor — the return of point guard Xavier Pinson — was a huge factor in the LSU men snapping their latest three-game losing streak with a win Tuesday at Texas A&M. And believe it or not, baseball will be here before you know it with LSU's season opener on Feb. 18. Leah Vann tells us how LSU baseball players are starting to capitalize on their NIL opportunities. Got to make ends meet somehow with only 11.7 baseball scholarships to spread around. FINALLY: HERE’S A GREAT DEAL If you’re not a subscriber, come join us. Our sportswriters are the hardest-working folks in show business. They’ll keep you up to date on the latest news at LSU (and elsewhere). Support their work, and stay on top of everything. Thank you for reading. The Advocate LSU beat team — Scott Rabalais, Wilson Alexander, Sheldon Mickles, Leah Vann (and Saints writer/LSU beat alumnus Amie Just). | 