.The Iowa Hawkeyes are licking their wounds coming from a remarkable 20-19 competition loss versus the Iowa State Cyclones.Despite locking out the Cyclones in the very first half as well as leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' disappointing second-half functionality left sightseers with loads of questions.One of those was actually Iowa head football trainer Kirk Ferentz's decision to opt for a two-point sale shot.After Iowa State scored its first touchdown of the day along with a 3-yard touchdown grab from elderly Jayden Higgins with 8:48 left in the 3rd one-fourth, Iowa reacted along with a 7-play, 79-yard drive that finished along with a 3-yard goal run from younger running back Kaleb Johnson.Along with the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's touchdown dive as well as 4:47 remaining in the 3rd one-fourth, Ferentz and Iowa chose to try for a two-point conversion to possibly stretch the Hawkeyes' trigger 21-7.The two-point try neglected as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara couldn't connect with freshman pass receiver Reece Vander Zee in the section of completion zone.Afterwards, Ferentz was asked about his choice to pursue the two-point conversion." Yeah, I mean, I presume perhaps the discussion would certainly be actually is it untimely, that type of point. That put our team at 19-7. I thought it gave our team our greatest possibility to win the soccer video game, and also to me the greater issue is our team certainly not at least obtaining one goal away from those two field goal options. We possessed the round down inside there close. That's certainly a location our experts're going to have to enhance," Ferentz claimed.The reasoning for trying the two-point conversion attempt makes good sense. Transform the two-point try out and also Iowa State would certainly require a pair of goals and additional points to match the volleyball activity.As An Alternative, Iowa State redshirt fresher kicker Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard field goal wound up as the game-winner rather than standing for a prospective game-tying field goal try if the Hawkeyes had chosen for a dab attempt earlier.Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X and also like our webpage on Facebook to adhere to continuous insurance coverage of Iowa information, notes and viewpoints.Adhere To Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.