Texas and Ohio State arrive for CFP semifinal at Cotton Bowl ahead of a winter storm
Associated PressGRAPEVINE, Texas — The games have been stacking up for Texas, which after playing in the Southeastern Conference championship game had to win two extra games in this expanded College Football Playoff to get back to the same spot they were last season. “They said there’s gonna be freezing up here,” Ohio State cornerback Jordan Hancock said with a laugh after the Buckeyes arrived from Columbus, where the high temperature Wednesday was 24 degrees. Starting quarterback Kyle McCord had transferred and two-time All-America receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. opted out of playing last season’s game in Arlington, a 14-3 loss to Missouri. This game comes 10 years after Ohio State won the first national championship game of the four-team College Football Playoff era — played at AT&T Stadium. “It’s going to be real good playing in the stadium, being back home.” Ewers lost a title game there his junior year with Southlake High, then skipped his senior prep season for a semester at Ohio State — where he took only two snaps in a game — before transferring to Texas.