.The Iowa Hawkeyes are stroking their wounds from a spectacular 20-19 rivalry reduction versus the Iowa State Cyclones.In spite of locking out the Cyclones in the very first one-half as well as leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' frustrating second-half efficiency left sightseers along with plenty of inquiries.One of those was actually Iowa mind soccer train Kirk Ferentz's selection to select a two-point sale go.After Iowa State scored its initial touchdown of the time along with a 3-yard goal grab coming from senior Jayden Higgins with 8:48 left behind in the 3rd one-fourth, Iowa answered along with a 7-play, 79-yard travel that finished along with a 3-yard touchdown run from jr operating back Kaleb Johnson.Along with the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's goal jump as well as 4:47 remaining in the 3rd fourth, Ferentz and Iowa opted to try for a two-point transformation to potentially stretch the Hawkeyes' lead to 21-7.The two-point try out fell short as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara could not get in touch with freshman wide receiver Reece Vander Zee in the edge of the end zone.Later on, Ferentz was asked them about his selection to try for the two-point sale." Yeah, I suggest, I presume perhaps the controversy would be is it untimely, that form of trait. That put our company at 19-7. I presumed it provided our company our best chance to gain the volleyball video game, and to me the much bigger concern is our team certainly not at least getting one touchdown out of those pair of basket opportunities. Our team had the round down inside there close. That's certainly a region our company're visiting need to enhance," Ferentz claimed.The reasoning for trying the two-point conversion make an effort makes sense. Change the two-point try as well as Iowa Condition would require a set of goals and additional suggest match the football game.As An Alternative, Iowa Condition redshirt freshman secret Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard basket wound up as the game-winner rather than exemplifying a potential game-tying field goal try if the Hawkeyes had actually chosen for a PAT make an effort earlier.Contact/Follow our team @HawkeyesWire on X and also like our webpage on Facebook to follow continuous protection of Iowa information, notes and point of views.Follow Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.