.The Iowa Hawkeyes are actually stroking their injuries coming from a spectacular 20-19 rivalry reduction versus the Iowa State Cyclones.Despite locking out the Cyclones in the 1st one-half and also leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' unsatisfactory second-half performance left behind observers with lots of questions.Among those was Iowa mind regulation football instructor Kirk Ferentz's decision to pick a two-point sale try.After Iowa State scored its very first goal of the day with a 3-yard goal grab from elderly Jayden Higgins along with 8:48 left in the third one-fourth, Iowa responded along with a 7-play, 79-yard drive that finished with a 3-yard goal run from junior operating back Kaleb Johnson.With the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's touchdown jump and 4:47 staying in the 3rd quarter, Ferentz as well as Iowa decided to try for a two-point sale to likely prolong the Hawkeyes' result in 21-7.The two-point try fell short as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara couldn't associate with freshman wide receiver Reece Vander Zee in the corner of the end region.Later on, Ferentz was asked them about his choice to try for the two-point transformation." Yeah, I suggest, I believe maybe the discussion would certainly be actually is it untimely, that sort of factor. That placed our company at 19-7. I assumed it gave our team our ideal possibility to succeed the football game, and also to me the much bigger problem is our company certainly not a minimum of obtaining one goal out of those two basket possibilities. Our experts possessed the round down inside there close. That is actually clearly a location our company are actually mosting likely to have to improve," Ferentz claimed.The logic for attempting the two-point transformation make an effort makes good sense. Convert the two-point go and Iowa State would have needed a pair of touchdowns as well as extra suggest match the volleyball game.Instead, Iowa Condition redshirt fresher secret Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard basket ended up as the game-winner rather than working with a possible game-tying basket attempt if the Hawkeyes had actually chosen for a dab make an effort earlier.Contact/Follow our team @HawkeyesWire on X as well as like our webpage on Facebook to comply with on-going insurance coverage of Iowa news, notes and viewpoints.Comply With Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.