The University of Notre Dame football team is one of those storied sports institutions, like the New York Yankees or the Dallas Cowboys, that people love to hate.

But then a player from the team does what Nick Ossello did for fan and Reddit user Domthecreator14 this weekend, and suddenly it becomes harder to throw shade at the Golden Domers. Just ask Reddit user OSU09.

On Friday, Domthecreator14 posted a question in the College Football community directed at Notre Dame fans and students:

The reason why ND has been my favorite CFB team is absolutely my father. We have no relation to the school, hell, we live in Central New York! But the fandom runs through our veins. Once I started college, my dad and I have had an incredibly rocky relationship, it came to a head when he actually kicked me out of the house. But we have had these tickets long before this whole thing started. My dad barely has a relationship with his, and I don’t want to become like that, so this vacation is pretty damn important. Any South Bend residents/ND students here? Any ideas on how to make this trip special?

Enter Ossello—who goes by Touchdown_Jeebus on Reddit—a grad student walk-on player who used his fifth-year of NCAA eligibility to play football after an exceptional collegiate lacrosse career at Notre Dame.

Call it the luck of the Irish—or better yet, the luck of the Fighting Irish—because Domthecreator14 hooked up with Ossello, who was good to his word. Late Saturday, the fan posted an update in the CFB community about his once-in-a-lifetime experience in South Bend, Ind.:

Nick … saw my post yesterday and did possibly the greatest thing that could’ve ever happened to me. He took my dad and I to the famed Gug, where we had the time of our lives. I truly did feel closer with my dad after leaving the building. Thank you so much Nick.

Besides visiting the Gug—the Guglielmino Athletics Complex (pronounced goog) where the team practices—Domthecreator14 and his dad also met starting quarterback DeShone Kizer …

… and the Redditor was able to do some authentic Notre Dame cosplaying.

Plus, the two users seemed to genuinely hit it off together, according to their comments:

After a weekend desperately in need of a few feel-good moments, it’s nice to see one young man’s small act of kindness mean so much for a father and son. But what do you expect from the college football program responsible for the “Win One for the Gipper” speech and the legend of Rudy Ruettiger?

And in case you don’t follow college football, Notre Dame won Saturday, beating Wake Forest, 28-3.