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Scott Willard, who posted the video to his Facebook page, told \"GMA\" that when he spotted Holland, his \"first thought was this guy is legit. No fear. Complete support for his daughter and the other cheerleaders. I just thought he was the cool dad.\"
And while he didn't actually expect so many people to watch the video, he said, he did predict it in jest.
\"In the fourth quarter I leaned over and jokingly said to my wife if York scores again I’m making this guy viral,\" Willard said.
With 10,000 overwhelmingly positive comments on his post, \"cheer dad\" is the real MVP.
\"I started reading comments and I realized it's really touching people in some way. A lot of humor with moms threatening dads to step it up to just people getting a smile or laugh out of it,\" Willard said.
As for Holland, he was \"just having fun,\" he said. But, \"if this bring joy to folks then I 'm happy to be that guy.\"
Editor's note: This was originally published on Nov. 5, 2019.
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