How are sports fans reacting to the College Football Playoff Cotton Bowl Classic between Ohio State and Texas?

Hoping to vie for a national championship, the University of Texas faces Ohio State Friday night in Arlington in the semifinal of the College Football Playoff. Why it matters: Win or lose, the Longhorns under head coach Steve Sarkisian are relevant once again.

The National Weather Service in Dallas/Fort Worth is predicting between 2 and 5 inches of snow across Northern Texas.

Pat McAfee extols the Ohio State football offense on College GameDay, hours before a CFP semis clash with Texas

It's been 20 years since the Longhorns have won the football national championship and the team and its fans will have to wait another season before getting their next shot.

Here's what to know about the series history between Ohio State and Texas -- including all-time meetings and record -- ahead of Friday's CFP semifinal game:

And of course, quarterback Riley Leonard is from Fairhope, Ala., southeast of Mobile. He came to Notre Dame via transfer from Duke, but he also grew up a Fighting Irish fan, his great grandfather having played for Notre Dame in the 1940s.

If Ohio State wants to walk out of the Cotton Bowl with a win over Texas, they'll need to expose this fatal flaw in the Longhorns.

ATLANTA (AP) — Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith was able to keep a team-first approach after having extra defensive attention make him almost invisible in the Buckeyes’ Cotton Bowl win over Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinals.

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman is expected to make a huge lineup change ahead of the matchup between the Ohio State Buckeyes in the National Championship.

It has been quite the ride through two games in the College Football Playoff for Ohio State with complete and total domination against Tennessee and Oregon. After the poor performance to end the season, some may have had a sliver of hope that the Buckeyes could make a run, but nobody could have seen this coming.

Ewers might’ve played his last collegiate game for the Longhorns after the Cotton Bowl loss ended their season.