Arizona inexplicably opened its Colorado game with an onside kick... that failed miserably

There are bold ways to open a college football game, and then there’s whatever Arizona’s logic was when it opened its Week 8 matchup against Colorado with an onside kick — and one that failed miserably and gave the Buffaloes an early lead.

Yes, you read that right.

Usually reserved for the end of a game when a team desperately needs to get the ball back, the Wildcats, after winning the coin toss and deferring, inexplicably opted to start with an onside kick rather than a traditional kickoff to start the game. Arizona senior kicker Tyler Loop kicked the ball 11 yards to the Wildcats own 46-yard line.

The problem with the execution of this opening play was that Colorado recovered the ball. And just five plays later, the Buffaloes found the end zone with a one-yard touchdown run from Isaiah Augustave.

The only way this could have gone worse for Arizona is if Colorado returned the ball for a touchdown. Not great.

Obviously, college football fans were totally baffled by the rare choice to start the game with an onside kick.

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