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It's Ohio State vs. Texas in the College Football Playoff Cotton Bowl semifinal. Follow along for live score and game updates ...

It's Ohio State vs. Texas in a College Football Playoff semifinal. Follow our live game and score updates as Quinn Ewers ...

Whoever wins the Cotton Bowl on Friday night will almost assuredly be the favorite to win the College Football Playoff title game on Jan. 20.

Ohio State vs. Texas is scheduled to kick off at 7:30 p.m. The Ohio State-Texas game can be watched on ESPN. Chris Fowler will be doing the play-by-play with Kirk Herbstreit serving as an analyst.

Texas will have its hands full with Smith running downfield, and it has to contain him better than it did Arizona State ...