.The Iowa Hawkeyes are actually licking their injuries coming from a magnificent 20-19 competition reduction versus the Iowa State Cyclones.Regardless of shutting out the Cyclones in the first one-half and also leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' unsatisfying second-half efficiency left behind onlookers with a lot of questions.One of those was Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz's selection to opt for a two-point sale go.After Iowa State scored its very first touchdown of the time with a 3-yard goal grab coming from senior Jayden Higgins along with 8:48 left behind in the third quarter, Iowa answered with a 7-play, 79-yard drive that ended along with a 3-yard touchdown run from jr running back Kaleb Johnson.With the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's goal jump as well as 4:47 remaining in the 3rd quarter, Ferentz as well as Iowa chose to pursue a two-point sale to likely stretch the Hawkeyes' result in 21-7.The two-point shot stopped working as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara could not get in touch with freshman pass receiver Reece Vander Zee in the section of the end zone.Later on, Ferentz was actually asked about his selection to pursue the two-point transformation." Yeah, I suggest, I assume perhaps the discussion will be actually is it prematurely, that type of thing. That placed our company at 19-7. I thought it provided us our best chance to succeed the soccer video game, as well as to me the much bigger problem is us certainly not at the very least obtaining one goal out of those two field goal options. Our experts possessed the round down inside there close. That's clearly an area our company are actually mosting likely to need to improve," Ferentz claimed.The reasoning for trying the two-point transformation try makes good sense. Turn the two-point try as well as Iowa State would have needed a pair of touchdowns and also additional suggest match the volleyball game.As An Alternative, Iowa State redshirt freshman secret Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard field goal wound up as the game-winner rather than representing a possible game-tying basket attempt if the Hawkeyes had actually chosen for a dab attempt earlier.Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X and also like our page on Facebook to follow on-going insurance coverage of Iowa headlines, keep in minds and opinions.Comply With Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.