The Longhorns finished as a national semifinalist for the second straight season but it could have been much more. Now the Arch Manning era begins.

Not only did Sawyer knock the ball out, but he took it 83 yards for a touchdown to make it 28-14. After the game, Sawyer was asked about the moment between him and Ewers, and revealed that Ewers had a simple two-word message to him about the play.

Steve Sarkisian has been under pressure throughout the season to put Arch Manning in the game amid Quinn Ewers' struggles with the head coaches reaction painting a picture in their loss to Ohio State

The Texas Longhorns had four chances from the goal line to tie the CFP semifinal. Instead of bullzone into the endzone, they kept backing up, then had to throw on 4th and goal — where Ohio State's Jack Sawyer made a strip sack,

JACK FRIGGIN SAWYER. Sacked his former roommate ... (with some help from a head-scratching play call by Texas coach Steve Sarkisian) when it mattered most. Final: Buckeyes 28, Shorthorns 14.

The Texas Longhorns' 2024 season ended eerily similar to how last year did, with the offense unable to convert in the red zone late in the fourth q

Trailing the Buckeyes by a touchdown in Friday’s College Football Playoff semifinal game at the Cotton Bowl Classic, the Longhorns were marching up the field, and with the help of a couple pass interference calls against Ohio State, they were at first-and-goal on the one-yard line with less than four minutes left.

Stars such as Jahdae Barron, Michael Taaffe and Anthony Hill Jr. watched, powerless to intervene, as Ohio State edge rusher Jack Sawyer ... for coach Steve Sarkisian's team. Sawyer got half ...

Steve Sarkisian points to blocking ... Two plays later, Ohio State’s Jack Sawyer ended Texas’ comeback hopes with a strip-sack of Quinn Ewers. Sawyer scooped up the fumble and lugged his ...

including a back-breaking OSU score on Jack Sawyer's fumble return that went 83 yareds, Steve Sarkisian expressed immense pride at how the team performed this season but there is a sense the Horns ...

The Buckeyes essentially came up with two huge plays against the Longhorns in a game that otherwise resembled a bit of train wreck, but Sawyer’s score and TreVeyon Henderson’s 75-yard touchdown off a screen pass did the trick.

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