Every year, Snickers nets $2 billion in retail sales, making it the No. 1 chocolate treat in the world. Mars Inc., the company that makes Snickers, has two LSU football players to thank for helping their company rule the candy world. Before every game, junior cornerback Chevis Jackson likes to spend a few minutes indulging in his favorite pregame meal: two mini-Snickers. “I need Snickers,” Jackson said. “The chocolate, the caramel, the nuts, the combination of it all together in my mouth – it pumps me up.” Jackson said he is sometimes joined by junior linebacker Ali Highsmith for what Jackson calls the best pregame meal out there. But Jackson is not the only LSU player or coach who has a self-imposed pregame ritual. In fact, several LSU players admit they have a pregame activity they do each week that preps them for another Saturday of college football. Take junior offensive guard Will Arnold for example. There’s no food involved in the 6-foot 4-inch 319 pounder’s pregame activities. All Arnold needs is his razor. “I kind of got to have my head shaved before a game,” Arnold said. “I don’t know. It’s just something I do.” Arnold, who started the routine his redshirt freshman year, said he does not have the time during the week to tend to his hair style so the time before a game is perfect. “I guess you get in the routine of doing things,” Arnold said. “I don’t know if it’s habit or ritual or what you call it.” In today’s world the presence of iPods is fast becoming a must-have for almost anyone and everyone. And football players are no exception. Freshman defensive end Ricky Jean-Francois has two favorite music genres he listens to before each game. “I listen to jazz music by Boney Jones,” Jean-Francois said. “I listen to that before we start walking down the hill to just get my mind relaxed and not get nervous.” Jean-Francois said his jazz favorites help clear his mind before he enters the locker room, but once the traditional walk down the hill is complete, it is time for a change. “But once I get down the hill, I leave the slow music alone and flip over to the rap music to get me crunk to get ready for the game,” Jean-Francois said. Jean-Francois, who started using music as football motivation in ninth grade, said his favorite pregame rap song is “Push It” by Rick Jones. He describes the song as “a motivational song that stays in my head during the whole game.” Jean-Francois admits he has been without his music before a game and could think of one way to describe how he felt. “I feel naked,” Jean-Francois said. Finally there is coach Les Miles. Miles said he has no candy craving or head-shaving fetish but looks to his family for pregame comfort. “I always try to greet my family as I come down the walk,” Miles said. At both home games and away games, if his family is present, Miles said he enjoys greeting his family because he feels they are the ones for whom he coaches. “It’s the routine of going to the batter’s box as a batter, [and] it’s the routine of addressing the rubber as the pitcher,” Miles said. “I think everybody has those routines, and I enjoy it.”