The Texas Longhorns fell just short of advancing to their first CFP National Championship game for the second year in a row, losing 28-14 to Ohio State in the C

For the second straight game, Ohio State enters its College Football Playoff matchup as the lower seed but the betting favorite.

Well, it wasn’t the smooth ride like the first two games were, but maybe a little more meaningful. After embarrassing Tennessee and Oregon, Ohio State found itself in a dogfight with Texas in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl. A game the Buckeyes would ultimately win with late heroics.

There were some drastic contrasts for Ohio State after big defensive end Jack Sawyer's legend-making play in this Cotton Bowl, primarily that the Buckeyes won and now get to play for another national championship.

Three steps after the snap, Jack Sawyer saw nothing but daylight between him and a familiar face.Locked into a tense battle that was coming down to the wire with a spot in the national championship game on the line,