The title is from a line in the song "I Am Woman" co-written by Helen Reddy and singer/songwriter/guitarist Ray Burton and performed by Reddy. Released in its most well-known version in 1972, the song became an enduring anthem for the women's liberation movement.
When Wood and Herman are telling the players to go recruit more people, Herman tells them to grab anyone that's even seen a movie about football, like, The Longest Yard (1974). Burt Reynolds starred in the original 1974 version of that movie.