the 21st ranked Iowa hawkey lost to the Iowa State Cyclones 20 to9 in front of a soldout kinnick stadium after a loss like this it's tough and there's not much you can say to make anybody feel better that's the first thing you say and you know it's going to it's going to hurt for a while Iowa controlled much of the game and they even had a 13 to nothing lead at halftime the Hawkeyes left plenty of meet on the bone in this one in the first half they had a couple chances to punch in touchdown but they had had to settle for field goals each time you know we did our best to like extend some plays the old line gave me really good time but you know I think just overall like um I mean we had four tries you know we it we can't just um come up empty there we got to find a way the missed opportunities weren't only in the red zone for the offense quarterback Cade mcnamer got a little lost in the storm and he struggled to take flight in this rivalry game mcnea ended the game with just 99 yards and two interceptions just 44% passing their Corner did a really good job of coming up to the line of scrimmage and then bailing out of it and you know I just made a dumb decision I should have just thrown it away or um I just can't force the ball in that situation despite the struggles on offense coach fence has no plans to make a change at quarterback you know I think uh you know we expect him to be our quarterback and expect some ups and downs I've been saying it pretty consistently you know he's still working his way back into to shape the Hawkeye defense prevented the cyc clones from touching down in the end zone in the first half but in the second half things took a turn for the worst and the defense uncharacteristically gave up multiple chunk plays uh 60-minute game you know and it you're only as good as your last play Iowa's conservative Approach at the end of the game gave the ball back to the Iowa State offense who quickly marched down the field with a deep shot to Jaylen null to set up the game-winning 54 yd field goal just we're just competing on that last drive and I mean that's that's what happens when you compete you know you just you can't can't bat a thousand sometimes despite having the lead almost the whole game the Hawkeyes were unable to overcome their struggles late and they would drop the game and the trophy to their Rivals the Iowa State Cyclones from KCK Stadium Brady Baron ditv Sports