.The Iowa Hawkeyes are actually stroking their cuts coming from an impressive 20-19 rivalry loss versus the Iowa State Cyclones.Despite shutting out the Cyclones in the first half as well as leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' frustrating second-half performance left observers along with plenty of inquiries.Among those was actually Iowa head regulation football coach Kirk Ferentz's choice to pick a two-point conversion go.After Iowa Condition scored its own 1st goal of the day along with a 3-yard goal grab from elderly Jayden Higgins with 8:48 left behind in the 3rd one-fourth, Iowa reacted with a 7-play, 79-yard drive that ended along with a 3-yard goal range from jr running back Kaleb Johnson.With the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's touchdown jump and 4:47 continuing to be in the third one-fourth, Ferentz and Iowa opted to try for a two-point conversion to possibly prolong the Hawkeyes' result in 21-7.The two-point go failed as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara couldn't get in touch with freshman pass receiver Reece Vander Zee in the edge of the end zone.After that, Ferentz was asked them about his choice to try for the two-point sale." Yeah, I imply, I presume maybe the dispute would be is it prematurely, that sort of factor. That placed us at 19-7. I believed it gave our team our absolute best chance to win the football activity, and also to me the much bigger issue is our company not at least obtaining one goal away from those pair of field goal possibilities. Our experts had the sphere down inside there close. That is actually certainly a place our experts are actually heading to have to improve on," Ferentz claimed.The reasoning for seeking the two-point sale try makes sense. Turn the two-point shot and also Iowa Condition would certainly have needed a set of touchdowns as well as additional points to tie the soccer video game.Rather, Iowa Condition redshirt fresher kicker Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard basket ended up as the game-winner rather than working with a potential game-tying field goal make an effort if the Hawkeyes had actually chosen for a PAT try earlier.Contact/Follow our company @HawkeyesWire on X and like our webpage on Facebook to follow on-going protection of Iowa news, notes and also opinions.Observe Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.