A five-star phenom in high school, Ewers skipped his senior season at Southlake Carroll and enrolled early at Ohio State. After backing up future Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud as a freshman,

The Ohio State Buckeyes and quarterback Will Howard are making their final preparations for this week's matchup against the Texas Longhorns in the Cotton Bowl. A win would place Ohio State in the national championship game,

How Texas football handles Ohio State's passing attack could determine who wins Friday's Cotton Bowl and advances to the CFP championship game.

The Cotton Bowl semifinal is set to be played as scheduled in North Texas on Friday, Jan. 10 despite severe inclement weather expected in the region. Weather forecasts project that the area could receive more than 4 inches of snow only days before the game.

The National Weather Service placed the Dallas-Fort Worth area under a winter storm warning for Thursday and Friday.