Character mistake: When McConaughey and Fox are at West Virginia University to ask their coaches for help with their offense, McConaughey is shown talking while looking at his reflection in a football trophy. At first his reflection shows him talking out of the left side of his mouth, but then he quickly switches to talking out of the right side of his mouth as he does throughout the entire rest of the movie.
Character mistake: In the references to Xavier, the coach character and the announcer pronounce it "Ex-Zavier." It's pronounced "Zavier." Make this mistake at their games, and you would be booed out of the stadium.
Answer: The original idea was to force Freshmen players to gradually adapt to both a tougher form of football and the tougher academic requirements of college.
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