A failure to punch the football into the end zone in the final minutes of the Cotton Bowl doomed Texas in a 28-14 loss at AT&T Stadium.

Moments after Friday’s Cotton Bowl loss to Ohio State, Texas quarterback Arch Manning was already making smart decisions. Manning chose not to talk at length about the 28-14 loss or his future with the Longhorns out of respect to his teammates in AT&T Stadium.

Texas has reached consecutive College Football Playoff semifinals and posted 25 wins over two years. You have to go all the way back to when Colt McCoy was playing quarterback during coach Mack Brown's heyday more than 15 years ago to find a better stretch.