.The Iowa Hawkeyes are actually licking their cuts from a magnificent 20-19 rivalry loss versus the Iowa State Cyclones.Even with locking out the Cyclones in the very first half and also leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' unsatisfactory second-half efficiency left observers along with lots of concerns.Some of those was Iowa mind regulation football instructor Kirk Ferentz's decision to pick a two-point sale try.After Iowa Condition scored its own first goal of the day along with a 3-yard goal grab from senior Jayden Higgins with 8:48 left in the 3rd one-fourth, Iowa answered along with a 7-play, 79-yard travel that finished along with a 3-yard goal fly junior running back Kaleb Johnson.With the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's touchdown dive and 4:47 remaining in the third one-fourth, Ferentz and Iowa opted to try for a two-point conversion to likely stretch the Hawkeyes' result in 21-7.The two-point go failed as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara couldn't get in touch with freshman wide receiver Reece Vander Zee in the section of the end region.After that, Ferentz was actually asked about his choice to pursue the two-point sale." Yeah, I imply, I assume possibly the discussion would certainly be is it prematurely, that type of trait. That put our team at 19-7. I presumed it offered our company our absolute best chance to gain the soccer game, as well as to me the bigger issue is us not at the very least getting one goal out of those 2 field goal options. Our team had the ball down inside there close. That's undoubtedly a region our company're heading to have to improve," Ferentz said.The reasoning for trying the two-point sale make an effort makes sense. Change the two-point try and also Iowa State would require a pair of touchdowns and additional suggest tie the football video game.Rather, Iowa Condition redshirt freshman secret Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard field goal wound up as the game-winner as opposed to representing a potential game-tying basket try if the Hawkeyes had elected for a PAT attempt earlier.Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X and like our web page on Facebook to follow continuous protection of Iowa updates, keep in minds as well as opinions.Follow Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.