Cotton Bowl will host the College Football Playoff Semifinal between No. 5 Texas and No. 8 Ohio State on Friday evening. The Buckeyes are six-point favorites, despite the Longhorns getting to play inside their home state of Texas.

Why is Ohio State playing Texas in the Cotton Bowl for its CFP semifinal location? Here's what to know ahead of Friday's game vs. the Longhorns:

AT&T Stadium, where the Cotton Bowl will be played Friday ... With the game just 198 miles north of Austin, it's likely that dozens if not hundreds of Texas fans will make the trip north. So what will that drive look like? Not great.

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.

And the CFP semifinal will take place at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, roughly 200 miles north of the Longhorns' Austin campus ... will play in the Cotton Bowl for a record 23rd time, but ...

Fans from across the country are expected to make the trip to North Texas for the Cotton Bowl on Friday. A winter storm is forecast to reach Dallas-Fort Worth on Thursday.

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:

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.

Either Texas or Ohio State will get a chance to play for another national championship. The powerhouse programs play Friday night in the College Football Playoff semifinals at the Cotton Bowl.

Ohio State — 5 things to know about Ohio State, Texas’ Cotton Bowl opponent For ... losing the following year in Austin, then winning the Fiesta Bowl over Ohio State in 2009.

The call came from Bill Parcells. The crusty old coach had seen it a million times. A sterling-minted football program expected to win somehow letting that entitled mentality seep into the locker room.

Here’s a look at some of the nation’s reaction to Texas’ Cotton Bowl loss: What an awful ... method of transportation 2 get Ewers out of Austin. I’m sorry guys, but I never saw what ...