The Cotton Bowl will provide a strength versus strength matchup as the Ohio State passing game meets the Texas Longhorns' secondary.

In the 41-21 Rose Bowl win over Oregon, Ohio State star Jeremiah Smith furthered the hype around him, which has already been significant, by racking up 187 yards and two touchdowns. And his Buckeyes receiving mate, Emeka Egbuka, also made a major impact, with five catches for 72 yards and a touchdown.

The Texas Longhorns were nearly two-touchdown favorites in each of their first two College Football Playoff games, but that couldn't be further from the case in

Ahead of their showdown with the eighth-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes in the CFP semifinal at the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 10, Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian offered some high remarks for the team.

Texas Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian praised his starting quarterback, Quinn Ewers, for his "composure and poise" following Wednesday's

Texas Longhorns head football coach Steve Sarkisian answered questions in a press conference on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. Texas will play Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl.

Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian, if you haven’t noticed, is busy, surely too preoccupied amid his team’s College Football Playoff run for a one-on-one phone interview. Somehow, though, Sarkisian between team meetings and broader media obligations found a few minutes to talk,

Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian wasted no time playing the underdog card for the Cotton Bowl Classic. Speaking to reporters on Friday afternoon, Sarkisian talked about Ohio State being favored over Texas in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff.