.The Iowa Hawkeyes are licking their wounds coming from a stunning 20-19 rivalry loss versus the Iowa State Cyclones.In spite of shutting out the Cyclones in the first fifty percent and leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' disappointing second-half functionality left onlookers with a lot of questions.One of those was Iowa mind football instructor Kirk Ferentz's selection to pick a two-point conversion try.After Iowa Condition scored its 1st goal of the time with a 3-yard goal grab coming from elderly Jayden Higgins along with 8:48 left in the third quarter, Iowa answered with a 7-play, 79-yard drive that ended along with a 3-yard goal fly jr running back Kaleb Johnson.Along with the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's goal jump and 4:47 staying in the third one-fourth, Ferentz as well as Iowa opted to try for a two-point conversion to likely prolong the Hawkeyes' lead to 21-7.The two-point try neglected as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara could not get in touch with fresher wide receiver Reece Vander Zee in the corner of the end zone.After that, Ferentz was inquired about his selection to pursue the two-point conversion." Yeah, I indicate, I presume maybe the debate will be actually is it untimely, that kind of point. That placed us at 19-7. I assumed it offered our team our ideal odds to succeed the volleyball game, and also to me the bigger concern is our company certainly not at least receiving one touchdown out of those pair of field goal options. We possessed the ball down inside there close. That's obviously a place our experts're heading to have to improve on," Ferentz said.The reasoning for trying the two-point transformation make an effort makes good sense. Convert the two-point try out and also Iowa State would certainly have needed a set of goals and also extra indicate match the soccer game.Rather, Iowa State redshirt freshman secret Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard field goal ended up as the game-winner instead of representing a possible game-tying field goal attempt if the Hawkeyes had chosen for a dab try earlier.Contact/Follow our company @HawkeyesWire on X and also like our web page on Facebook to adhere to continuous insurance coverage of Iowa news, keep in minds as well as opinions.Comply With Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.