Michael Taaffe received hateful texts in aftermath of College Football Playoff Peach Bowl targeting non-call of Texas Longhorns' win vs Arizona State.

Texas avoided the first big upset of the College Football Playoff, hitting a fourth-and-long touchdown pass to keep the game going and beating Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime when an interception by Andrew Makuba finally ended a Peach Bowl quarterfinal classic.

While far from definitive, it is the closest to an answer Ewers has given about his thoughts for 2025, as speculation has run rampant about his football future. At the end of December, On3 reported one unnamed school made a $6 million pitch to lure Ewers to play for that team and leave Texas.

In the most dramatic game of the first 12-team College Football Playoff so far, No. 5 seed Texas squandered a 16-point lead, missed two field goals in the final two minutes of regulation and still somehow escaped with a 39-31 double-overtime win over No. 4 seed Arizona State in the Peach Bowl, securing a spot in the semifinals.

Texas will have its hands full with Smith running downfield, and it has to contain him better than it did Arizona State running back Cam Skattebo in that quarterfinal matchup.

Fresh off a Rose Bowl win against Oregon, Ohio State is prepping for the next step in the journey. A showdown in the Lone Star State with the Texas Longhorns awaits in the Goodyear Cotton Bowl. It might be easy to relax after dismantling the No.