.The Iowa Hawkeyes are stroking their injuries coming from a magnificent 20-19 rivalry loss versus the Iowa Condition Cyclones.In spite of shutting out the Cyclones in the 1st one-half as well as leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' unsatisfying second-half functionality left observers with lots of inquiries.One of those was actually Iowa head regulation football coach Kirk Ferentz's decision to opt for a two-point conversion go.After Iowa State scored its own 1st goal of the time along with a 3-yard goal grab coming from senior Jayden Higgins with 8:48 left in the third quarter, Iowa responded along with a 7-play, 79-yard ride that finished with a 3-yard touchdown range from younger operating back Kaleb Johnson.Along with the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's touchdown dive and 4:47 staying in the third quarter, Ferentz and Iowa opted to pursue a two-point sale to likely extend the Hawkeyes' bring about 21-7.The two-point try out neglected as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara couldn't associate with fresher wide receiver Reece Vander Zee in the section of completion region.Later on, Ferentz was actually asked about his decision to try for the two-point conversion." Yeah, I indicate, I assume maybe the controversy would be actually is it prematurely, that form of factor. That put us at 19-7. I thought it provided us our finest odds to succeed the volleyball activity, and also to me the larger concern is us not at the very least obtaining one goal out of those 2 field goal opportunities. We possessed the round down inside there close. That's definitely a location our experts are actually visiting must improve," Ferentz claimed.The logic for trying the two-point sale try makes sense. Convert the two-point shot as well as Iowa Condition would have needed a set of goals and additional suggest match the soccer game.Instead, Iowa State redshirt fresher secret Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard field goal ended up as the game-winner as opposed to representing a potential game-tying field goal try if the Hawkeyes had actually selected for a PAT try earlier.Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X and also like our webpage on Facebook to observe continuous insurance coverage of Iowa updates, notes and also point of views.Comply With Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.