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Malachi Moore issues apology on social media for late-game antics vs. Vanderbilt
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Malachi Moore fizzled down the stretch just like Alabama did.
As the top-ranked Crimson Tide were sinking toward defeat on Saturday at Vanderbilt, Moore showed a side to him that nobody within the Alabama program wanted to see. Chief among them was Moore himself, who slammed quarterback Diego Pavia’s head into the turf after the whistle had blown, then exploded on his teammates before drawing an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for kicking the ball after it had been spotted.
Here’s a collection of Malachi Moore’s meltdown against Vanderbilt pic.twitter.com/PXMiuUUSbg
— Tony Tsoukalas (@Tony_Tsoukalas) October 6, 2024
Definitely not Moore’s finest hour. Nor was it Alabama’s, which fell 40-35 in a stunning upset in Nashville that dropped the Crimson Tide to 7th in the new AP Poll. Two days after Moore’s meltdown, he issued a detailed apology on social media that went to the heart of why his actions were so wrong.
Moore admitted to letting the emotions of the game get to him, and Moore also said that he put himself above the team. Moore also apologized for not acting like a team captain but instead acting in a “selfish and unacceptable manner.”
“I want to apologize to my teammates, our coaches, the fans, our alumni and my family for the way I acted on Saturday,” Moore wrote in a note posted to X. “I was completely out of line. I let the emotions of the game get the best of me and put myself before the team. As a two-time captain and a fifth-year player, I understand the standard that we are expected to live up to at Alabama, and I failed to do so by acting in a selfish and unacceptable manner.
“I came back this season to represent myself, this team and this University because it means something to me. I am blessed to be able to wear the ‘A’ on my chest, and I know all that comes with the responsibility of representing this program. l will do better to uphold the Alabama standard moving forward, and I will continue to work and improve while conducting myself in a first-class manner.”
Moore and Alabama will have a chance to do better in every way this Saturday when they return home to face South Carolina.
— Kinggchi (@malachi_moore13) October 7, 2024
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
