Retired after two decades of service to St. Paul’s Episcopal, Hunter Huckabay Jr. found himself as guest rector at Grace Episcopal on Sunday.
Being an LSU grad and former resident of New Orleans, Huckabay sneaked the hymn “I Sing a Song of the Saints of God” into the service. Then, as the parishioners were leaving, Huckabay slipped on a black New Orleans Saints T-shirt over his robe.
“This game just meant so much to the city of New Orleans,” said Huckabay a few minutes after the Saints stunned the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 to win Super Bowl XLIV. “I guess LSU’s national championships mean more to me. But in professional sports this is at the very top of my list.”
This question is now at the top of the list of everyone who has ever fallen in love with crawfish, jazz, pralines, Mardi Gras or chicory coffee: Who dat calling them Ain’ts now?