.The Iowa Hawkeyes are actually stroking their wounds coming from a sensational 20-19 competition loss versus the Iowa State Cyclones.Despite locking out the Cyclones in the very first half and leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' frustrating second-half performance left onlookers with plenty of concerns.One of those was Iowa mind football coach Kirk Ferentz's choice to opt for a two-point transformation go.After Iowa State scored its first touchdown of the time with a 3-yard goal grab coming from senior Jayden Higgins along with 8:48 left in the third one-fourth, Iowa reacted along with a 7-play, 79-yard ride that finished along with a 3-yard goal fly junior operating back Kaleb Johnson.With the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's touchdown jump and also 4:47 staying in the 3rd one-fourth, Ferentz as well as Iowa chose to try for a two-point transformation to likely expand the Hawkeyes' lead to 21-7.The two-point go fell short as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara could not get in touch with freshman wide receiver Reece Vander Zee in the edge of completion area.After that, Ferentz was actually asked about his decision to try for the two-point conversion." Yeah, I indicate, I think perhaps the argument would be actually is it untimely, that form of factor. That placed our team at 19-7. I believed it offered us our greatest odds to gain the volleyball video game, as well as to me the greater problem is our company not at the very least receiving one touchdown out of those pair of basket opportunities. We had the round down inside there close. That is actually clearly a place our team are actually going to must enhance," Ferentz pointed out.The reasoning for trying the two-point transformation make an effort makes good sense. Change the two-point go and Iowa State would certainly require a pair of goals and added points to tie the football game.As An Alternative, Iowa Condition redshirt freshman kicker Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard basket ended up as the game-winner as opposed to working with a possible game-tying basket attempt if the Hawkeyes had chosen for a dab try earlier.Contact/Follow our company @HawkeyesWire on X and also like our page on Facebook to follow continuous coverage of Iowa updates, notes and also viewpoints.Comply With Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.