.The Iowa Hawkeyes are licking their injuries from a spectacular 20-19 rivalry loss versus the Iowa Condition Cyclones.Despite locking out the Cyclones in the 1st fifty percent and also leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' unsatisfying second-half performance left behind observers with a lot of concerns.Some of those was actually Iowa mind football trainer Kirk Ferentz's decision to go for a two-point sale try out.After Iowa Condition scored its own first touchdown of the time along with a 3-yard goal grab from senior Jayden Higgins with 8:48 left behind in the third one-fourth, Iowa answered along with a 7-play, 79-yard ride that finished along with a 3-yard touchdown fly junior running back Kaleb Johnson.With the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's touchdown dive and 4:47 staying in the third one-fourth, Ferentz and also Iowa decided to pursue a two-point sale to likely extend the Hawkeyes' cause 21-7.The two-point shot neglected as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara could not associate with fresher wide receiver Reece Vander Zee in the corner of completion area.Later on, Ferentz was actually inquired about his selection to pursue the two-point conversion." Yeah, I mean, I believe possibly the argument would certainly be is it prematurely, that form of thing. That placed our team at 19-7. I presumed it gave us our greatest odds to succeed the soccer activity, and also to me the much bigger concern is us certainly not a minimum of acquiring one touchdown away from those pair of field goal possibilities. We possessed the ball down inside there close. That's certainly a region we're going to need to improve," Ferentz stated.The reasoning for attempting the two-point conversion make an effort makes good sense. Change the two-point try as well as Iowa Condition will require a pair of touchdowns and also extra indicate tie the volleyball video game.As An Alternative, Iowa Condition redshirt freshman kicker Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard basket ended up as the game-winner rather than representing a possible game-tying field goal make an effort if the Hawkeyes had actually elected for a dab try earlier.Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X and like our page on Facebook to adhere to continuous insurance coverage of Iowa information, details and also point of views.Follow Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.