A day after he called out former Alabama offensive lineman Alphonse Taylor for being described as the “laziest dude on the roster,” Greg McElroy apologized to open his radio show Thursday in Birmingham.

“I reached out to Alphonse Taylor to apologize to him privately,” the former Alabama quarterback said on “McElroy and Cubelic in the Morning” on WJOX 94.5-FM. “Now, I’m taking the opportunity to apologize publicly to start the show. That’s how important it is. To be honest, I had a tough time sleeping last night. Just felt bad about it. It wasn’t the right thing to do.

“He had no business being dragged into my frustrations and a lot of my emotions do boil over. It was wrong.”

On Wednesday, the SEC Network analyst tried to dispel a “narrative” that he hates his school. In doing so, he called out Taylor, who McElroy didn’t play with.

“I’m a little bit tired of this narrative of I don’t like my school,” he said on the show. “I want to address it. I’m really fed up with it. I really am.”

He called out the clowns and “Barstool Bamas.”

“The Alphonse Taylors, Shank?” he continued. “Who I don’t even remember playing at Alabama. I just remember him being described as the laziest dude on the roster. That’s what I remember. (Taylor) is trying to remain relevant. It’s perfectly fine. I don’t care. He uses Bama. I don’t. That’s perfectly OK.”

On Thursday, McElroy said he was “100 percent wrong.”

“I appreciate him,” he said. “I hope it’s water under the bridge. He accepted the apology. Whether he continues to is totally up to him. I have no ill-will toward him, and I apologize for bringing him into the mess yesterday.

“That was totally based on emotion, which was unnecessary.”

Taylor, who joined me Thursday on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 in Mobile, confirmed McElroy apologized.

“Anybody who was in the locker room with me knew I busted my butt from the time I stepped on campus until the time I left,” Taylor said.

The former Alabama offensive lineman is now the offensive line coach at Alma Bryant in Irvington.

“Me as a ball coach – and being in the profession that I am – all I have is my name,” he explained. “I have to stand by my name. I can’t have my kids thinking (that).”

Mark Heim is a reporter for The Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @Mark_Heim. He can be heard on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 FM in Mobile or on the free Sound of Mobile App from 6 to 9 a.m. daily.