Blue & White Brew 12/19: On The Music City Mat!

Wrestling heads to Nashville this weekend!

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Penn State Brew Crew
December 19, 2025


🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

What else are we serving up in today’s Brew?

🤼 Music City matchups
🏀 Hoops hits the road
🦁 And much, much more!

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Saturday, December 20
🎅 Breakfast at the North Pole
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. VCU @ 3:30 p.m. (Henrico, Va.)
🤼 Wrestling vs. North Dakota State @ 5 p.m. (Nashville, Tenn.)
🤼 Wrestling vs. Stanford @ 7 p.m. (Nashville, Tenn.)

Sunday, December 21
🎁 BAM Holiday Market
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Pitt @ noon (Hershey, Pa.) | BTN
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Richmond @ 2:30 p.m. (Henrico, Va.)

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📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Staff Additions! Penn State football has announced the addition of two coaches to its staff for the 2026 campaign — Noah Pauley to coach the wide receivers and Jake Waters to coach the quarterbacks!

🔺 Music City Matchup. No. 1 Penn State wrestling heads to Nashville this weekend, with the Nittany Lions set to compete against North Dakota State and Stanford at the 2025 Collegiate Duals.

🔺 Neutral Territory. Penn State men’s basketball leaves Happy Valley this weekend but sticks within state lines, traveling to Hershey on Sunday for a noon tip on Big Ten Network against Pitt!

🔺 Tournament Time! Penn State women’s basketball will take up residence in Henrico, Va., this weekend for the 4 Tha Culture Holiday Classic!

The Lady Lions tip off against VCU tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. from the Henrico Sports & Events Center, and against Richmond on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

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Don’t miss out on these collectibles — Penn State football head coach Matt Campbell has put his signature on several Nittany Lion items, from helmets to jerseys to footballs and hats!

🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 The Way He Saw It! The Penn State All-Sports Museum is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit entitled The Way I Saw It: A Photography Retrospective.

The exhibit will be located in the Museum’s second-floor special exhibition gallery and will run from December 17, 2025 through August 1, 2027.

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🦁 Have a great weekend, everyone!