Blue & White Brew 12/8: Penn State at the Pinstripe Bowl!

Penn State football is going bowling!

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Penn State Brew Crew
December 08, 2025


🦁 The Official Daily Newsletter For Penn State Athletics

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

🏈 Coach Campbell
🏐 Tournament run done
🦁 And much, much more!

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Monday, December 8
🎁 BAM Holiday Market

Tuesday, December 9
👟 Trails and Ales Run Club at Boal City Brewing
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Arizona State @ 7 p.m. | BTN
🏀 Men’s Basketball at Indiana @ 8:30 p.m. | FS1

Wednesday, December 10
🎭 The Muppet Christmas Carol

This week's featured Nittany Lion In The Pros, brought to you by AmeriGas, is Chris Godwin Jr. The former Nittany Lion led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in both catches (5) and receiving yards (55) against the Saints on Sunday.

📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Coach Campbell and the Cats! We have reached an agreement with Matt Campbell to have him serve as the 17th head football coach at Penn State. We look forward to officially welcoming Coach Campbell and his family to Penn State today, pending the approval of terms by the Board of Trustees’ Equity and Human Resources Committee consistent with the bylaws, which require advance notice of meetings.

🔺 Going Bowling! Penn State football is headed to the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl at Yankee Stadium in New York City for a matchup against Clemson on December 27!

🔺 Tournament Run. No. 25 Penn State women’s volleyball bowed out of the NCAA Tournament in the second round on Saturday, falling on the road to No. 3 Texas in three sets.

The loss snapped Penn State’s seven-match NCAA Tournament winning streak, which included six victories on the way to last year’s national title. The Nittany Lions remain second in the nation with eight national titles, trailing only Stanford’s nine.

🔺 Two More Takedowns. No. 1 Penn State wrestling earned its second and third dual wins of the season over the weekend, beating Drexel, 43-3, in Philadelphia on Friday before returning home on Sunday at beating Lehigh, 36-6!

🤼 RECAPS: Drexel | Lehigh

🔺 B1G Opened. Penn State women’s basketball fell in its first Big Ten game of the season over the weekend, 101-83, to Nebraska inside the Bryce Jordan Center.

Gracie Merkle and Kiyomi McMiller guided PSU with a pair of 20-plus-point performances. Merkle posted 23 points on 11-of-13 shooting from the field in her eighth consecutive double figure scoring outing. McMiller recorded 22 points, with all but two coming in the second half, in addition to six rebounds and five assists for her eighth double-digit performance.

🔺 Runnin’ Around. Penn State track and field began its indoor slate over the weekend, winning nine events across three meets and notching four top-five marks in school history!

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🦁 ONE BIG THING

🔺 Best of the Best. Glenn Thiel ‘66 and Gary Martin ‘84 mark the inaugural inductees for the Penn State men’s lacrosse Ring of Pride, Head Coach Jeff Tambroni announced over the weekend!

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🦁 Have a great Monday, everyone!