COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A frowning Mayor Michael Coleman wore an LSU jersey to a City Council meeting, making good on a bet placed with his Louisiana counterpart over the national championship game.
Coleman and Mayor Kip Holden of Baton Rouge, La., agreed to the wager in New Orleans on Jan. 6, the day before LSU trounced Ohio State, 38-24.
“A mayor’s gotta do what a mayor’s gotta do,” Coleman said at the Monday night meeting. “I wear this jersey in mourning, in great disappointment, but mostly in great pain.”
City Attorney Richard C. Pfeiffer Jr. joked that Coleman, who wore a white jersey with the purple No. 8 of LSU kick returner Trindon Holliday, should have consulted with a lawyer before making the deal.
If the Buckeyes had won, Holden would have worn an Ohio State jersey with running back Chris “Beanie” Wells’ No. 28 to the next council meeting in his city.