.The Iowa Hawkeyes are licking their wounds from an impressive 20-19 competition loss versus the Iowa State Cyclones.Even with shutting out the Cyclones in the 1st one-half and leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' unsatisfying second-half efficiency left behind sightseers with loads of questions.Some of those was Iowa mind football instructor Kirk Ferentz's selection to choose a two-point sale go.After Iowa Condition scored its 1st goal of the day along with a 3-yard touchdown grab from senior Jayden Higgins with 8:48 left in the 3rd one-fourth, Iowa reacted along with a 7-play, 79-yard drive that ended along with a 3-yard goal fly younger running back Kaleb Johnson.Along with the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's goal dive and also 4:47 continuing to be in the 3rd fourth, Ferentz as well as Iowa decided to pursue a two-point conversion to potentially expand the Hawkeyes' bring about 21-7.The two-point go neglected as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara could not get in touch with freshman wide receiver Reece Vander Zee in the edge of completion area.After that, Ferentz was asked about his choice to pursue the two-point conversion." Yeah, I mean, I think possibly the debate would be is it prematurely, that sort of thing. That placed us at 19-7. I believed it provided us our best possibility to gain the soccer video game, and also to me the much bigger issue is us not at the very least acquiring one goal out of those 2 basket chances. Our experts had the ball down inside there close. That is actually clearly an area our experts're mosting likely to have to improve," Ferentz mentioned.The logic for trying the two-point sale make an effort makes sense. Convert the two-point try as well as Iowa State will require a set of touchdowns and also added points to tie the football game.Instead, Iowa Condition redshirt freshman twist Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard basket wound up as the game-winner instead of representing a possible game-tying basket try if the Hawkeyes had selected for a dab attempt earlier.Contact/Follow our team @HawkeyesWire on X as well as like our webpage on Facebook to adhere to on-going insurance coverage of Iowa updates, notes and also point of views.Comply With Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.