Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody brings some quick highlights from his Media Days tour this past week.

STORIES

• ‘We need to win it again’: New motivations push Iowa wrestling team after NCAA championship: https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2021/10/27/iowa-wrestling-begins-2021-22-season-seeking-repeat-ncaa-champs-spencer-lee-tom-brands-big-ten/8539505002/ 

• Ian Parker and Jarrett Degen will battle for the starting spot at 149 pounds for Iowa State: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa-state/wrestling/2021/10/26/iowa-state-wrestling-2021-22-roster-schedule-coach-kevin-dresser-david-carr-big-12-parker-degen-149/8539738002/ 

• Why Northern Iowa’s Brody Teske is ready to take the next big step: ‘It’s time to do my thing’: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/northern-iowa/uni-panthers/2021/10/29/northern-iowa-wrestler-brody-teske-uni-2021-22-ncaa-wrestling-doug-schwab-all-america/8539814002/ 

• Robert Avila Jr., a three-time Iowa state wrestling champion, commits to Virginia: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/10/28/robert-avila-jr-iowa-high-school-wrestling-state-champ-commits-virginia-roster-uva-lisbon-iowa-city/6185474001/ 

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