The Cotton Bowl semifinal between No. 8 Ohio State and No. 5 Texas kicks off on Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET (4:30 PT) on ESPN. If you don't have a cable or satellite TV subscription, you can watch with a live TV streaming service. Keep reading to find the cheapest way to watch the Cotton Bowl and the rest of the College Football Playoff.

Texas and Ohio State arrived for the College Football Playoff semifinal game at the Cotton Bowl before the snow expected to hit the North Texas area

While ERCOT said it is prepared for the storm, there could be local outages in various counties. See maps of power outages across Texas.

Families can find the latest information on school closures in the CBS Texas School Closings page, which is automatically updated as new closings are announced. The National Weather Service has issued this Wednesday a winter storm warning for several North Texas counties including Denton,

Several portions of Texas are expecting winter weather as Winter Storm Cora moves across the state. Areas in Central Texas could see a mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow between Thursday and Friday,