If the whole football thing doesn't workout, high school star Elijah Hood has a promising future as a pro-level Internet troll.
Hood, one of the most highly touted college football recruits in the country, has committed to play next year at Notre Dame. He chose the Irish over a host of the nation's top programs, including perennial power Alabama.
But not only did Hood spurn the Crimson Tide and its fans -- he rubbed some salt in the rejection wound with a pretty epic Vine video troll on Tuesday night. In the clip, Hood references Alabama coach Nick Saban and says "roll toilet," a play off Alabama's "roll Tide" fan motto. He's since deleted the video from Vine, but of course it lives on in YouTube form:
In a highly predictable development, Alabama fans then took offense to the post and sent him a deluge of outraged tweets. To which Hood replied:
So i'm guessing no vacation trips in Tuscaloosa for the rest of my life— Elijah Hood (@EHood34) June 5, 2013
By Wednesday morning, however, it sounds like more mature parties had intervened and Hood apologized and deleted the video.
Alright Guys My Highschool Coach Called Gotta Take Roll Toilet down and apologize formally to Nick Saban, Alabama, and Norte Dame hahaha— Elijah Hood (@EHood34) June 5, 2013
In regards to my post yesterday, it was wrong and very disrespectful to Alabama. My attempt at humor was immature, and wrong I'm sorry.— Elijah Hood (@EHood34) June 5, 2013
But one existential question still remained:
So what do you tweet after an apology tweet???— Elijah Hood (@EHood34) June 5, 2013
Was Hood's video disrespectful, or just a funny Internet joke? Should he have left it up? Give us your take in the comments.