The college the group takes a tour of in the beginning is the Collin County Community College in Plano.
The director in the commentary said that the riot archive footage was provided by Journeyman pictures, a well known documentary producer.
It is possible, at the time the film was produced, the Ernie's Here and Now song was ripped from the Tony Hawks Pro Skater video game without knowledge on whom the artist was and used the actual recording of the video game in the movie. It was used during the basketball scene.
It is one of the only songs not mentioned in the soundtrack credits.