Ohio State football quarterback Will Howard is playing with a large knot on his non-throwing left hand in the CFP Cotton Bowl semifinal vs. Texas:

Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard is playing just about as well as he has all season early on in the Cotton Bowl against the Texas Longhorns. hitting his open receivers and driving his team down the field with little issues in the first quarter.

The Buckeyes took a 7-0 lead early in the game as the Ohio State defense had kept Texas in check. And Howard’s hand was not the only high-profile injury of the first half. Texas’ top receiver Matthew Golden suffered an ankle injury after he got rolled up on in the first half and tried to return before leaving the game.

Ohio State, for a third straight College Football Playoff game, jumped out of the gates on fire against Texas in the Cotton Bowl on Friday night. Quarterback Will Howard led the Buckeyes on an easy touchdown drive on their first possession.

Ohio State football heads to halftime with a slim 14-7 lead over the Texas Longhorns in the Cotton Bowl. The winner of this game earns the right to play in the College Football Playoff National Championship game.

A five-star recruit during the 2023 recruiting cycle, Arch Manning has played sparingly since he arrived at Texas.

Follow the action live as the Longhorns and Buckeyes face off in Dallas with a spot in the College Football Playoff title game on the line.

The journey continues. After whitewashing Tennessee and Oregon, the Ohio State football team is just one win away from playing for a College Football Playoff national championship. To get there