Bowers led all players in Sunday's flag football game with eight targets and finished with a co-game-high six receptions.

Slaton's wasn't even the first unnecessary roughness penalty of the fourth quarter; Keisean Nixon was flagged on a tackle out of bounds, giving the Eagles a first down instead of a third down.

But with the game on the line on fourth down from the Ohio State 8-yard line, the turnover bug finally nipped the Longhorns when Buckeyes edge rusher Jack Sawyer came barreling into Ewers ...

Jenkins, the two-time Pro Bowl offensive ... 7:33 in the fourth quarter after a 14-yard catch and run with what appeared to be a lower-leg injury as the Packers were driving down 19-10.

The fourth-down salvation eventually won Texas (13-2) the right to play Ohio State (12-2) in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 10 (6:30 p.m. CT, ESPN). Could a similar situation arise against the Buckeyes?

After all, Golden was being congratulated after his seven-catch, 149-yard performance in the Peach Bowl. Less than four weeks ago ... Arizona State from converting three of its six fourth-down ...

ARLINGTON — With Texas football locked in a tight battle with Ohio State at the Cotton Bowl, backup quarterback Arch Manning has made an appearance. Manning picked up a first down on a fourth ...