Top Eight Reasons Why You Should Watch the Super Bowl at The Sports Bar Westside!

Don’t throw a Super Bowl party - the time, expense, and mess are not worth it!  

The Sports Bar Ann Arbor – Westside will be open for the Super Bowl. Here’s why we think you should watch the big game with us:

1. You won’t have to spruce up your place, or clean up the mess afterwards.

2. We’ve got 22 TV screens.  We also have an excellent sound system so you won’t ever miss a ref’s call. 

3. You won’t have to order pizza or cook to impress your guests.  We offer one of the best burgers in Ann Arbor and a variety of appetizers and entrées to fill your belly. 

4. Your friends are cool and all…but wouldn’t it be even better to make a few new friends, or get a date?  You can still bring your friends along, maybe they’ll buy you a drink or two!

5. It’s happy hour all day Sunday with 23 oz domestics at $3.50 each and house wine at $3.25 a glass.

6. You’ll enjoy the energy from the crowd as you cheer, groan, laugh, or cry during the stupid commercials … not to mention the game!

7. We have plenty of parking and you won’t have to shovel your sidewalk or driveway!

8. When the game’s over you won’t have to kick your guests out.  You can go home and go to bed, or keep celebrating with us until closing time. 

Stop by The Sports Bar Ann Arbor – Westside to Eat Sports, Drink Sports, Watch Sports, and Talk Sports! 

Check out our menu  http://the-sportsbar.com/menu

Are you shopping for a sports lover? The Sports Bar Ann Arbor offers some suggestions!

Are you doing some last minute shopping for a sports lover on your list?
Here are a few resources you may want to check out!

The website Gifts.com has a variety of suggestions: sports calendars, autographed helmets, personalized art, or bobbleheads, and capsules that hold dirt from all 30 ballparks in the big leagues! 

http://www.gifts.com/recipient/man/sports-fan/RkV6jn?mode=24&page=0

If your sports lover digs unique items, the company Uncommon Goods is a great choice.  Their offerings include: a ticket stub diary, cufflinks made from stadium seats, BBQ tools that look like hockey sticks, and much more.  

http://www.uncommongoods.com/for-him/gifts-for-him/gifts-for-sports-fans

If the sports lover on your list enjoys reading and movies, Amazon has their suggestions too!  You gotta love that Amazon!

http://www.amazon.com/Top-40-gifts-Sports-fan/lm/RWWXOZV6MKB3J

Of course, we’re partial to The Sports Bar Westside logo hoodies and glass pints.  Pair them with a gift card for a delicious dinner and you’re sure to please the sports lover on your list! 

Stop by The Sports Bar Westside Ann Arbor to take a break from the last minute rush of the holiday season.  You deserve to treat yourself too!

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Michigan Football: From Elation to Heartbreak in Two Plays! The Sports Bar Ann Arbor Welcomes You To Share Your Disappointment!

The pinnacle of elation, transformed into the definition of heart break, in the span of two plays!

    Did anyone else feel this way when Michigan scored the game tying touchdown in the last minute of Saturday's game? There wasn't one person in the country that thought this Michigan team, which has done nothing but regress since week 2, would hang with the juggernaut that is THE Ohio State University. OSU, coming into the game with a 23 game winning streak and a number 3 ranking in the BCS, had every intention of rolling over said Michigan team on it's way to their first Big Ten Championship game. Out of nowhere the home team stunned everyone with a performance that simply stated, "no matter what the world thinks, we're going to show them what this team is made of".  In an instant classic, The Buckeyes escaped 42-41 when a 2 point conversion pass by Devin Gardner was intercepted in the end zone. Which if converted, would have been an upset matching 1995, 1996, even the epic 1969 24-12 game. 

    The question of the day throughout The Sports Bar after the game was, do you agree with the call to go for 2, or see what happens in overtime? The overwhelming consensus was, Wolverine Nation agreed with the decision to go for the win in regulation ( but hated the actual play call), for a myriad of reasons. 

• 1. At 7-4 (3-4 in the B1G), what is there left to play for?
• 2. The defense was getting shredded in the second half.  It would probably have been more of the same had the game gone to overtime. 
• 3. Devin Gardner could barely walk by the end of the game after spraining his ankle in the third quarter.  That being said, he displayed extreme toughness and heart on Saturday. 

    In conclusion, it's been an extremely painful and frustrating season from a fan's perspective. Every year, every team has a goal to improve every week, this team did the exact opposite from game 2 through game 11. This team somehow found a way to play their best game of the season at the time they needed it most, they just came up one play short. But this game has fans wondering, when it comes to play calling and performance, where was this all season? Fans have been begging for staff changes, most notably a change at Offensive Coordinator. Head Coach Brady Hoke announced Monday that there would be no staff changes, so we will have to see if this epic performance can carry over and inspire a young team and coaching staff to avoid another 5 loss season next year. With games at Notre Dame, Michigan State, and Ohio State, that will be tough to avoid. The development of the players and the identity of this team is squarely on this coaching staff, and if there are no improvements next year, change will be on the horizon come next off season.

We hope you will share some of your thoughts below or stop by The Sports Bar Ann Arbor to Eat Sports, Drink Sports, Watch Sports and Talk Sports!  

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Do you lose your remote often? Learn how The Best Sports Bar Ann Arbor Controls their 22 TVs!

Have you ever sat down with your beverage and snacks, ready to watch the game, but can’t find your remote? 

Can you imagine how The Sports Bar Westside keeps track of all of the remotes for their 22 televisions? 

We’ll let you in on a little secret!  We don’t use remotes. 

We use an iPad to control what sports program is on each of our 22 screens.

A lot of other sports bars, or sports restaurants may only show one channel on their screens.  You’re lucky if you can watch multiple games, and especially fortunate if you can actually hear the games over the music. 

The Sports Bar Ann Arbor Westside has 22 screens and 4 separate sound zones.  So whether you enjoy watching football, basketball, hockey, tennis, or even equestrian competitions, our iPad control allows the staff to individualize your sports viewing experience. 

You can see a photo of our iPad control system and learn more here:  http://the-sportsbar.com/about/watch

Better yet, stop by for a burger or to try our delicious, grilled salmon and ask the staff to tune in your game.  You may even catch a glimpse of our iPad.  In the meantime, have you seen your remote?   

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Thanksgiving and Football! Michigan Traditions Highlighted By The Best Sports Bar in Ann Arbor!

Thanksgiving and Michigan Football go together like Turkey and Stuffing!

Do you and your family participate in one of America’s oldest post-Thanksgiving Day traditions?  
 

We don’t mean eating leftovers, although we’re sure you do enough of that, too.

  
We’re talking about watching football!

According to Wikipedia [the authority on everything] the first Thanksgiving Day football game was played in 1869 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  This game between several cricket clubs, occurred roughly two weeks after what is recognized as the first game of American football –played between Rutgers and Princeton on November 17, 1869.  Princeton and Yale began the tradition of collegiate games back in 1876.  Then, in 1882, the Intercollegiate Football Association (IFC) called for the championship game to be played on Thanksgiving Day between the two leading teams. 

The University of Michigan began the tradition of playing on or around Thanksgiving in 1885.  Back then, they typically played the Chicago Maroons.  Of course you all know that the Wolverines now play their arch rivals, the Ohio State Buckeyes, around turkey day. 

Many of you have grown up watching another Michigan team as you feast on turkey and all the trimmings.  The Detroit Lions have been playing home games on Thanksgiving day since 1934.  The only team to come close to that record is the Dallas Cowboys, who have played a home game every year since 1966.  In 2008, some media big-wigs suggested removing Detroit from their Thanksgiving Day game slot.  It seemed that the Lions losing streak didn’t make for high ratings.  However, since the prime time football slot was added, it has taken some of the focus off of Detroit’s lack of performance.  The contract states that until 2022, Detroit and Dallas could take part in “flex scheduling” and play during prime time or their traditional afternoon slot.  Until then, Detroit fans can breathe a sigh of relief. 

This year’s schedule:

Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 28

[We will be closed so our staff can celebrate the holiday.]

 

12:30   Lions and Packers                  Fox

4:30     Cowboys and Raiders            CBS

8:30     Steelers and Ravens              NBC

Saturday, November 30 

 Join us to watch what happens!!!

12:00  Michigan Wolverines and Ohio State Buckeyes  ABC

Join us for a meal and a game soon!  

Sign up for a lunch coupon good through November. 

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Check back in December for a new coupon!  

From all of us at The Sports Bar Ann Arbor Westside, we hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Celebrate and give thanks to family, friends and football! 

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The Sports Bar Westside Shouts "Keep That Paul Bunyan Trophy Michigan!"

" It's a state championship, they don't like us, and we don't like them" - Jake Ryan

                                                                        

    That pretty much sums it up. No one is really sure how this game is going to end up score wise. The one thing you can count on, this game will be as physical as any game we have seen this entire season. Last year's game lived up to that billing, expect the same this Saturday. Michigan State comes into this game with the best defense in the country, and an offense that seems to have found an identity under quarterback Connor Cook. 

     Michigan will have their work cut out, Devin Gardner will have to play a perfect game, turnover free, in order for the Wolverines to have a chance in East Lansing. In every way possible, this is a MUST WIN game for Michigan. A loss seals any chance of winning the Legends Division and an appearance in the Big Ten Championship game. On another level, a loss means 5 out of 6 for the Spartans, and 2 out of 3 under Brady Hoke. This will not sit well with Michigan fans, who certainly don't want to hear it from Spartan Nation for the next year. 

     Lloyd Carr always had a way of motivating his teams in an underdog role. We will see what Hoke gets out of this team come Saturday. It's time for Michigan to actually show up for a road game in 2013, play a full 60 minutes, and keep that Paul Bunyan trophy. 

The season is on the line, period, and I ask this Michigan team, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? 

We hope to see you this Saturday whether you're wearing blue or green!  Stop in to cheer on your team and enjoy our specials.  

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Frustrated Fans at The Sports Bar Ann Arbor Westside!

Cheers to the Freakin' Weekend!  Was not what any of us that cheer for the Michigan Wolverines and/or the Detroit Tigers were saying, after two gut wrenching losses Saturday and Sunday.
 

    The Michigan loss in particular was extremely frustrating, all the questions about this team have been posed, and unfortunately answered with a 4 overtime loss to a sub par Penn State team. Michigan was in a great position to seal this game late in the fourth quarter up 34-27, with a 47 yard field goal attempt looming. With 2 timeouts remaining they received a delay of game penalty that pushed it back to what would be a 52 yard attempt, so they decided to punt. Penn State responded with a 80 yard drive that took only 30 seconds to tie the game at 34. How does this happen? How does Head Coach and Quarterback not have the awareness to see where the play clock is at. It's unacceptable. 

     We are all aware of the fact that the Michigan offensive line is not very good, young, inexperienced, whatever the reason. Then your All American Tackle sustains an injury and is out for the second half. Which leads me to this, it's time to part ways with Al Borges. His play calling was atrocious. After the 15th time your running back gets stopped for negative yardage, CALL A DIFFERENT PLAY! STOP BEING SO PREDICTABLE! I am pretty sure the Penn State defense was tuned in with all 11 guys after running the same play OVER AND OVER AGAIN. This is the fourth game that I can recall that his play calling has cost us the game. At MSU, and at Iowa in 2011, the second half at OSU in 2012, and this past Saturday. There was always the excuse that with Denard Robinson he couldn't run the offense he wanted to, and that may be true. Bottom line is, he has had windows where his play calling either didn't fit the personnel on the field, or was just plain predictable and conservative. With shaky wins against Akron and Uconn, the doubts were out there in full force. Maybe we just need to come to the conclusion that this team isn't very good, the talent is there, but maybe a year away from what we are expecting this year. In two road games this team has shown no life in hostile environments. So we are supposed to think this team can win at State? At Northwestern? At Iowa? 

     This is heading toward a 7-5 season real quick if they don't figure it out, and don't get it twisted, these top tier recruits that are verbally committed to this program will decommit in a second if we keep losing to teams we are clearly better than. This is the first time in these two and a half years under this coaching staff that I am feeling doubt creep in. How does Brady Hoke not call timeout in the fourth quarter when the play clock was running down, Al Borges is not the Offensive Coordinator we thought he was, Even Greg Matteison has us wondering. Why aren't we bringing more pressure? Is it personnel? Is it trust? You are doing your secondary a disservice when you let the opposing quarterback sit in the pocket for 8 seconds. 

     John Beilein, Head Coach of our basketball team, had to make some hard decisions after his third year when it came to his staff, Brady Hoke is going to have to do the same thing. I say bring back former players to the staff, Erik Campbell to coach the receivers, Mike Hart to coach the running backs, Marcus Ray to coach the defensive backs, and Scott Leoffler as Offensive Coordinator and Quarterback Coach. These guys have been here, been through it, understand this program, won championships, and bring a younger flavor that these kids can relate to. This weekend was tough, but we will all get back on the horse starting today when the Tigers and Red Sox play game 3 at Comerica Park, and this weekend when Michigan hosts the Indiana Hoosiers.

Hopefully we will all be a little more cheerful come Sunday.  But if our teams continue to play poorly...one of our hot fudge sundaes or a brownie sundae may make it all better.  http://the-sportsbar.com/

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