Why is Ohio State playing Texas in the Cotton Bowl for its CFP semifinal location? Here's what to know ahead of Friday's game vs. the Longhorns:

Ohio State fans came out in full force at the Cotton Bowl, occupying nearly half of AT&T Stadium for the CFP semifinal matchup vs Texas:

Ohio State and Texas are both seeking a chance to end national title droughts. The powerhouse programs meet in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Cotton Bowl.

Texas won the first matchup in Columbus behind Vince Young en route to a national championship that season, while Ohio State won the second in Austin and appeared in that season’s national ...

The second semifinal game is fifth seed/No. 3 Texas vs. eighth seed/No. 6 Ohio State, tonight at 7:30pm ET. The winner of that game will face Notre Dame in the championship game, after the Fighting Irish defeated Penn State in the Orange Bowl on Thursday night.

including two flights from Columbus. The travel disruptions as of Thursday come just a day before Ohio State is set to take on the University of Texas at Austin in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic in Arlington, Texas. At least 1,191 flights into and out of ...

Despite extensive respective histories, Ohio State and Texas enter Friday's Cotton Bowl having played just three times, all in the 21st century.

According to Google Maps, it is a three hour and 13 minute drive (200.0 miles) from Texas' campus in Austin ... and a half hour drive from Ohio State's campus in Columbus, Ohio.

Part of Mississippi under extreme cold warning after winter storm dropped snow across the Gulf Coast. When will temperatures warm up?

Now that it’s all over and the Ohio State Buckeyes are the college football national champions, it can be definitively said: Expanding the College Football Playoff worked.

Travis Perry and Reed Sheppard are both Kentucky natives. But their paths with the Kentucky Wildcats differ. And that isn't a bad thing, C.L. writes.

Austin's Crestview chair is known for its motivational messages, but as snow hits Texas its poking fun at Ohio State Buckeyes fans.