.The Iowa Hawkeyes are stroking their wounds from an impressive 20-19 rivalry loss versus the Iowa State Cyclones.Regardless of locking out the Cyclones in the initial fifty percent as well as leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' unsatisfying second-half efficiency left behind observers along with loads of questions.One of those was actually Iowa mind football instructor Kirk Ferentz's choice to select a two-point transformation try out.After Iowa Condition scored its own initial goal of the day with a 3-yard touchdown grab coming from elderly Jayden Higgins along with 8:48 left behind in the third one-fourth, Iowa reacted with a 7-play, 79-yard ride that ended along with a 3-yard touchdown fly junior operating back Kaleb Johnson.With the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's touchdown jump and also 4:47 continuing to be in the third fourth, Ferentz and Iowa opted to try for a two-point sale to potentially stretch the Hawkeyes' trigger 21-7.The two-point try out fell short as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara could not connect with fresher wide receiver Reece Vander Zee in the edge of the end region.Later on, Ferentz was asked about his choice to try for the two-point conversion." Yeah, I imply, I think maybe the debate would certainly be actually is it too early, that sort of thing. That put our team at 19-7. I presumed it provided our team our absolute best possibility to gain the soccer game, as well as to me the larger concern is our company certainly not a minimum of getting one goal away from those pair of basket chances. Our experts possessed the round down inside there close. That is actually obviously a location our company are actually heading to have to improve," Ferentz stated.The reasoning for attempting the two-point conversion attempt makes good sense. Turn the two-point go and Iowa State would require a pair of touchdowns and also added points to tie the soccer activity.Rather, Iowa State redshirt fresher twist Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard basket ended up as the game-winner instead of working with a prospective game-tying field goal attempt if the Hawkeyes had actually elected for a PAT try earlier.Contact/Follow our company @HawkeyesWire on X as well as like our page on Facebook to comply with on-going insurance coverage of Iowa headlines, notes and opinions.Follow Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.