Where to watch Michigan Football in Ann Arbor?

422 Cross St was always hopping back in my days at UM

Jug or Ashley’s.  

When I first read the title, I was all like 'FFS'!  Then I saw the OP, and was like 'JFC FFS'!!  But then I realized that the guy just turned 21 not long ago, and may not have a lot of awesome bar experience yet.  Plus, I suspect he's kind of nerdy (nothing to be ashamed about in Ann Arbor...).  So I'll give this a pass...

My (now) girlfriend and I totally hit it off at Revel & Roll during the 2015 Northwestern game. Thought it was a cool place to catch the game in the bar area. Good food and an activity to do if/when the game gets out of hand.

Haymaker has overtaken P Bell as go-to sports bar in AA

Can't believe no one has mentioned Westside.

Come on over to my place on Ford Lake in Ypsi, WD. You can scream and clap all you want. I will be doing the same.

The Session Room out on Jackson 

Set a time machine for the early 90s and hit South U and go to Sullivan's, Touchdown Cafe', or Mitch's. You just might see Lucy Liu or Selma Blair there.

Little Brown Jug, hands down. 

If that fails, Grizzly Peak. 

Depends on what scene you like. I like craft beer and decent food with enough TVs to see the game easily, but don't need a TV 2 feet from my face. Wolverine State Brewing checks those boxes but doesn't give you much of a college bar atmosphere because it's not on campus.

Revel and Roll on South Industrial just south of Stadium has multiple televisions and really good food.  Much better than you would expect from a bowling alley.

I will also be heading to AA for the hoops game and am debating on whether I want to leave earlier in the day and find a place to watch the football game and eat before heading to Crisler, or just DVR'ing the Rutgermashing for a Sunday watch and listening to it on the radio during the drive.

The kicker is that I will have my 2 year old with me, and having her stay put in the car, at a restaurant for the football game, and at the basketball game is probably too much.  DVR is almost certainly in my future.

Since it's Rutgers and (HOPEFULLY) low stress, you can just wander around South U, State, Liberty, and Main and stick your head in various places and see what you like.  If you find a place you like, stick around.  

At worse case you get a nice Ann Arbor tour on a fall Saturday.

I guess the relevant question is how important is quality of food and drink to you versus game-watching environment.  One tends to be inversely proportional to the other.  Myself, I like Ashley's because I can get pretty much any beer or whiskey, and the pub food is pretty good, but it's also a fairly mellow crowd.

That said, I've never watched a Michigan road game there, so maybe that dynamic is different.

I guess the relevant question is how important is quality of food and drink to you versus game-watching environment.  One tends to be inversely proportional to the other.  Myself, I like Ashley's because I can get pretty much any beer or whiskey, and the pub food is pretty good, but it's also a fairly mellow crowd.

That said, I've never watched a Michigan road game there, so maybe that dynamic is different.

Where to watch UM football in Ann Arbor?

How about the Big House?

I like Casey's on Depot Street.