Welcome to In The Room, a wrestling podcast from the Des Moines Register's Cody Goodwin. On today's episode, Cody talks with InterMat’s Earl Smith about Iowa, Iowa State and Northern Iowa as they kick off the second half of the 2021-22 season this weekend.

STORIES

• Wrestling Mailbag: More on Spencer Lee, NCAA wrestling championships, Drake Ayala, and more: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2022/01/04/iowa-spencer-lee-2022-ncaa-championships-drake-ayala-iowa-high-school-wrestling/9075225002/ 

• Drake Ayala leads Iowa Hawkeye wrestlers at the Southern Scuffle: https://www.hawkcentral.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2022/01/02/iowa-wrestling-drake-ayala-125-pounds-takes-third-southern-scuffle-results-redshirt-spencer-lee-2022/9037095002/ 

• Iowa wrestler Spencer Lee will miss the rest of the ’21-22 season: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2022/01/01/iowa-wrestling-spencer-lee-miss-season-acl-surgery-ncaa-champion-hodge-trophy-hawkeyes/9069371002/ 

• Iowa wrestling lands commitment from Gabe Arnold: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/college/iowa/wrestling/2022/01/01/gabe-arnold-freestyle-national-champ-commits-iowa-wrestling/9063311002/ 

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