Travis says that Kevin was an all-state linebacker. Lamarcus Tinker, who plays Kevin, played a football player (Dallas Tinker) on Friday Night Lights.
Courteney Cox had minor surgery on her knee and needed a cane, so this was written into the start of the episode as her character Jules having sprained her knee after a fall down the stairs.
Lou Diamond Phillips guest stars as himself.
Coffee Bucks is the coffee shop from Scrubs, another show Bill Lawrence created.
To spoof the title which no longer matches the content of the series, in the second season the producers started adding self-deprecating jokes to the show's title card. The one for this episode reads: Sorry, we still cringe at the title "Cougar Town".