“If half the people that watch the video click the link we put under the video, hopefully we will raise awareness and some money for them,” Smart added.
The Crimson adopted a boy named Alex as part of the FOJ Foundation, and have enjoyed having him and his mom at practices.
“We heard Alex watched the video and liked it, which is great,” Dill said.
“Originally, we didn’t think that anything would come of it,” Smart added. “But it’s really cool to be able to help Alex and the foundation.”
The team has been getting several calls, texts, messages, and tweets from old friends and colleagues, showing the spread of the video.
“It’s been fun to track its progression across the country,” Smart said of the video reaching Ohio, Texas, and beyond.
The spread has been assisted by several media outlets catching on to the craze.
So far, the team has received stories, shout-outs, and retweets from Sports Center ("@ SportsCenter: Guess it takes more than a van full of Harvard baseball players dancing to 'Call Me Maybe' to wake up their teammate"), the Huffington Post, Barstool Sports, Major League Baseball, ESPN analysts, Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders, and Justin Bieber’s manager.
“I heard that Carly Rae retweeted the video, so we finally reached the source,” Smart joked.
Good Morning America also featured the team’s video.
“It’s unbelievable that we were on Good Morning America,” Way said. “None of us expected that.”
Much of the focus has been on sophomore Jack Colton, who is sleeping in the back for the entire video.
“I can confirm that Jack was passed out cold,” Smart added. “He doesn’t remember us filming at all.”
The team has been excited and surprised by the popularity of the video, but is enjoying the fame for now. Instead of studying, they’ve been gathering together in Lamont and watching the hits and comments go up.
“It’s been kind of overwhelming, but really fun and funny,” Dill said.
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