You mustve gone to a different Players, cause this one is relatively new. It's right next to the Family Fun Center. It is the best sports bar. They have every single solitarty game on. That's where the majority of alumni clubs go to watch games. Solid menu. Lots of space. Good atmosphere. Good prices. An overall good spot.
If it's in a strip center on the south side of Clairmont Mesa its gotta be the same one. Bar right in front of you as you walk in the door? It was never really a dump, but not nearly as nice as the place that used to be off of Nobel in La Jolla. We used to get tanked there then go hit off the fastest pitching machine at the FFC. They very well could have moved too, but that retail center is right next to the FFC.
You want to see a good alumni party...go down to moondoggies on a saturday when Ohio State has a big game...I think all of the good looking women in Ohio moved to Pacific Beach.
There is also a good little sports bar down in the gaslamp, my friend took me down there last year, I forget what it is called (maybe gaslamp pub?) It's a little small, but the placed is loaded with TV's.
We also used to like Saska's...people don't really go there to watch sports so the bartender would put on whatever game we wanted to watch. I don't even know if its there anymore.