“I may or may not be a little drunk — I’ll leave that up to your imagination,” John Armington says before launching into the Indiana University rally cry
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- A dad went viral after turning a plane ride into a spontaneous Hoosiers pep rally
- The TikTok, shared by his daughter, has racked up over 15 million views and glowing reactions
- The attention followed him to Miami — and his family is still celebrating the moment
One dad is winning over the internet after turning a routine flight into a full-blown pep rally.
In a TikTok video shared by his daughter, elementary school teacher Whitney Barnett (@whitlo18), John Armington stands up mid-flight wearing a red Indiana University sweatshirt and addresses the cabin like a seasoned emcee.
“Ladies and gentlemen, my name is John, and I like to have fun everywhere I go,” Armington says, explaining that he’s on his way to the National Championship Game, held Jan. 19 in Miami, Fla., between Indiana University and Miami University…