Chris Hodges, the founding pastor at Church of the Highlands and an LSU graduate, returned to the pulpit a day after the Tigers lost 31-13 to Alabama on Saturday.
Hodges raised his hands and opened his sermon with a question for the congregation.
“Don’t you love Sundays?” Hodges asked. “Aren’t they so much better than Saturdays, everybody?”
The audience began laughing, as Hodges paused for a beat to smile himself.
“I had the most beautiful purple sports coat picked out that I could not wear,” Hodges said before he opened his jacket, revealing the crimson red on the inside of the coat he wore to service. “There you go. That’s all you get! That’s all you get! I don’t want to hear anything else, alright? Let’s move on. Help me, Jesus. Alright.”
As the church exploded in laughter, Hodges filled everyone else in on the joke.
“If you’re new to our church, I went to LSU, help me, Lord,” Hodges said on Sunday morning. “Alright, $40 million down the drain, alright, here we go.”
The $40 million Hodges was referring to was the reported cost of this year’s LSU football roster, through name, image and likeness funds.
The Church of the Highlands is the largest church in Alabama, according to al.com, and has campuses throughout the state and Georgia. Hodges stepped down as the ministry’s lead pastor, but he still preaches from time to time.
After the loss to Alabama, LSU is now on the outside looking in on the College Football Playoff, with three losses on its record and another tough challenge ahead with Texas on its schedule this week.
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