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Kirk Ferentz talk about two-point sale make an effort vs. Iowa Condition

.The Iowa Hawkeyes are licking their injuries coming from a remarkable 20-19 rivalry loss versus the Iowa Condition Cyclones.Even with shutting out the Cyclones in the first half and also leading 13-0 at halftime, the Hawkeyes' disappointing second-half performance left behind observers with a lot of inquiries.Among those was Iowa head soccer instructor Kirk Ferentz's choice to go with a two-point sale go.After Iowa Condition scored its first goal of the day along with a 3-yard goal grab coming from elderly Jayden Higgins along with 8:48 left behind in the 3rd fourth, Iowa reacted with a 7-play, 79-yard travel that finished along with a 3-yard goal run from junior running back Kaleb Johnson.Along with the Hawkeyes leading 19-7 after Johnson's goal jump and also 4:47 continuing to be in the third one-fourth, Ferentz and also Iowa opted to pursue a two-point conversion to possibly extend the Hawkeyes' cause 21-7.The two-point go neglected as graduate quarterback Cade McNamara couldn't connect with freshman pass receiver Reece Vander Zee in the edge of completion region.Later on, Ferentz was actually asked about his selection to try for the two-point sale." Yeah, I imply, I believe maybe the dispute would be is it untimely, that form of point. That put our company at 19-7. I presumed it provided us our greatest possibility to gain the football game, and also to me the greater issue is our team certainly not at least acquiring one touchdown away from those two field goal chances. Our team had the round down inside there close. That's obviously a region our experts are actually going to need to improve," Ferentz claimed.The reasoning for seeking the two-point transformation attempt makes good sense. Turn the two-point go and Iowa Condition would have needed a set of goals as well as added lead to tie the volleyball activity.Rather, Iowa Condition redshirt fresher twist Kyle Konrardy's 54-yard field goal wound up as the game-winner as opposed to standing for a potential game-tying basket try if the Hawkeyes had actually selected for a dab attempt earlier.Contact/Follow our team @HawkeyesWire on X and also like our web page on Facebook to adhere to on-going insurance coverage of Iowa updates, notes and point of views.Adhere To Josh on X:@JoshOnREF.