.The Iowa Hawkeyes are actually stroking their injuries from a remarkable 20-19 competition reduction versus the Iowa State Cyclones.Regardless of locking out the Cyclones in the very first one-half and also leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' unsatisfying second-half efficiency left observers with lots of concerns.Among those was actually Iowa mind regulation football coach Kirk Ferentz's selection to opt for a two-point sale shot.After Iowa Condition scored its own 1st touchdown of the day with a 3-yard touchdown grab from elderly Jayden Higgins with 8:48 left behind in the 3rd quarter, Iowa responded along with a 7-play, 79-yard travel that ended with a 3-yard goal range from junior running back Kaleb Johnson.With the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's touchdown plunge as well as 4:47 continuing to be in the 3rd fourth, Ferentz and Iowa chose to try for a two-point sale to likely expand the Hawkeyes' cause 21-7.The two-point try failed as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara could not connect with freshman wide receiver Reece Vander Zee in the section of completion zone.Later on, Ferentz was asked about his selection to pursue the two-point sale." Yeah, I mean, I presume possibly the controversy will be actually is it too early, that type of thing. That put our team at 19-7. I assumed it gave our team our finest opportunity to succeed the football game, as well as to me the greater problem is our team not a minimum of obtaining one goal away from those two field goal possibilities. Our team possessed the ball down inside there close. That's obviously a place our company are actually visiting need to improve," Ferentz said.The reasoning for trying the two-point transformation attempt makes sense. Change the two-point try out and also Iowa Condition would certainly require a set of touchdowns and extra lead to tie the soccer game.Rather, Iowa Condition redshirt freshman secret Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard basket ended up as the game-winner as opposed to representing a possible game-tying basket try if the Hawkeyes had chosen for a PAT try earlier.Contact/Follow our team @HawkeyesWire on X as well as like our webpage on Facebook to observe continuous insurance coverage of Iowa headlines, notes as well as viewpoints.Comply With Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.