Find variety of Austin bars, from lively sports pubs to cozy neighborhood hangouts, where you can cheer on the Longhorns during the 2025 Cotton Bowl.

Football fans from across the country made their way to Arlington on Friday for the Cotton Bowl showdown between the Texas Longhorns and Ohio State Buckeyes.

The Texas Longhorns offense will look a lot different next season. With a new starting quarterback set to be under center in Arch Manning the talk of a 'new era

Arch is finally the Man (ning) in Austin. Texas starting quarterback Quinn Ewers declaring for the 2025 NFL Draft has cleared the path for Manning to be the Longhorns’ starting quarterback next season. It’s possible next season will be Manning’s lone campaign as a starter before leaving for the NFL.

But Manning has done everything his way through his recruitment and since he got to Texas. And now, finally, with Ewers announcing for the NFL Draft on Wednesday, the keys are in Manning’s hands to run the Longhorns’ offense. He’s being handed a Lamborghini and Manning should make it purr.

AUSTIN, Texas — Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day has been eyeing Quinn Ewers since he was in eighth grade. On Friday, Day will get another look at his former recruit from the opposing sideline at the Cotton Bowl.

In this week's edition of "The Insider," Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers turned down an $8 million NIL transfer offer in deciding to enter the 2025 NFL Draft, sources close to Ewers told Horns247.

Ohio State and Texas have drawn each other as semifinal opponents in the College Football Playoff. This is the fourth matchup between the blue bloods.

Who got the highest grades as Texas lost to Ohio State in the CFP semifinals? And which units struggled most as the season ended at the Cotton Bowl?

Ohio State and Texas are both seeking a chance to end national title droughts. The powerhouse programs meet in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Cotton Bowl.

Texas junior quarterback Quinn Ewers has declared for the NFL draft, ending a Longhorns career in which he led the program to a Big 12 championship and twice to the College Football Playoff but was not always embraced by a fan base eagerly waiting for Arch Manning to take over.

Ohio State fans came out in full force at the Cotton Bowl, occupying nearly half of AT&T Stadium for the CFP semifinal matchup vs Texas: