.The Iowa Hawkeyes are actually stroking their wounds coming from a sensational 20-19 rivalry reduction 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 performance left behind sightseers with plenty of concerns.Among those was Iowa mind regulation football train Kirk Ferentz's selection to opt for a two-point transformation try out.After Iowa State scored its initial touchdown of the day along with a 3-yard goal grab from senior Jayden Higgins with 8:48 left in the third fourth, Iowa responded with a 7-play, 79-yard travel that finished along with a 3-yard goal run from jr operating back Kaleb Johnson.Along with the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's goal dive and 4:47 continuing to be in the 3rd one-fourth, Ferentz and also Iowa chose to pursue a two-point conversion to possibly prolong the Hawkeyes' trigger 21-7.The two-point go neglected as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara couldn't associate with freshman wide receiver Reece Vander Zee in the corner of completion region.After that, Ferentz was actually asked them about his decision to pursue the two-point sale." Yeah, I indicate, I presume possibly the discussion will be is it too early, that sort of trait. That placed our company at 19-7. I thought it gave our team our absolute best opportunity to gain the soccer game, as well as to me the greater problem is our company certainly not at least obtaining one goal away from those two basket possibilities. Our experts possessed the round down inside there close. That is actually clearly an area our experts're going to need to improve on," Ferentz pointed out.The reasoning for attempting the two-point sale make an effort makes good sense. Change the two-point go and Iowa State would certainly require a set of goals as well as additional points to tie the soccer game.As An Alternative, Iowa Condition redshirt fresher secret Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard field goal ended up as the game-winner as opposed to embodying a potential game-tying basket try if the Hawkeyes had actually selected for a PAT attempt earlier.Contact/Follow our company @HawkeyesWire on X as well as like our page on Facebook to comply with continuous insurance coverage of Iowa news, details as well as point of views.Adhere To Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.