Brooke Langton and Jae Head, who make guest appearances in this episode as Tim's new neighbors, have both been involved in different football themed movies. Langton played the head cheerleader in The Replacements (2000), while Head played SJ Tuohy in The Blind Side (2009).
The team Dillon played in this episode is the Round Rock Dragons from Round Rock, TX in real life. Round Rock is a suburb of Austin similar to Pflugerville, where the show is shot/based. Round Rock is approximately 5 miles north of Pflugerville. Round Rock and Pflugerville are both in district 14-5A and play each other every year. The game was the Region Championship (according to advancing to the State semifinals). This is the only round teams from the same district could actually meet each other in the playoffs.
The wheelchair rugby tryouts are held at the Texas School for the Deaf, located at 1102 South Congress Ave.