The College Football Playoff semifinals this season are a bit earlier than usual, on December 28, and will be held at the Peach Bowl in Atlanta and the Fiesta Bowl outside Phoenix. How does the committee decide which semifinal is where? Depends on the top-ranked team as one reward is that it will not be placed in a bowl that is geographically disadvantageous.

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LSU is the No. 1 team and plays No. 4 Oklahoma in the Peach Bowl, and the Tigers know Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta well having beaten Georgia there for the SEC title. It’s a matchup of Heisman Trophy finalists in LSU quarterback Joe Burrow, the runaway winner, and Oklahoma’s Jalen Hurts, who finished second in the voting. Both were transfers from other powerhouse schools. LSU is 14-point chalk and has won and covered its past five against Big 12 schools.

The second semifinal features No. 2 Clemson vs. No. 3 Ohio State in a matchup of two of the nation’s best offenses and defenses. Tigers QB Trevor Lawrence was the preseason favorite to win the Heisman but wasn’t a finalist, while OSU had two finalists in QB Justin Fields and defensive end Chase Young. Clemson is a 2-point betting favorite, while the Buckeyes have won and covered their past seven as underdogs.

Three League Cup ties took place on Wednesday night as three Premier League sides eventually joined Aston Villa in the semi-final to make it an all top-flight final four.

Aston Villa beat Liverpool 5-0 on Tuesday night as Jurgen Klopp fielded the Under 23’s side in his absence, while Liverpool were 3,500 miles away at the Club World Cup Finals. One day later, Liverpool beat Monterrey 2-1 and three more teams took their places in the semi-final draw.

Everton 2-2 Leicester City (Leicester win 2-4 on penalties)

A stirring tie at Goodison Park brought what will probably be an end to Duncan Ferguson’s brief period as interim manager in fine style. Ultimately, Everton went out at the quarter-final stage, but The Toffees stuck to their task manfully and were unlucky to lose in the end.

Donald Trump has joined a very exclusive list. The U.S. President has now become only the third ever to be impeached by the House of Representatives, and will now likely face trial by the Senate. We’ll take a look at how his odds looked on PredicIt right up to the final vote, and the current prices offered for what comes next.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi didn’t start this impeachment process without the confidence that it would turn out well for the Democrats, and the odds reflected that most of the way. After announcing the process, Trump’s odds of being impeached in 2019 jumped from roughly $0.14 to $0.42, and never really looked back.

While his odds of being impeached overall remained high throughout, around the $0.80s, with no one knowing how long the process would last, his odds of being impeached specifically this year only spiked to the $0.80s at the end of the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation, when the timeline became clear. The price made as steady climb from $0.81 to $0.99 from December 10 to the day of impeachment, December 19.

So what next? With the Holiday season upon us, the odds of Trump leaving office in 2019 are at $0.01. The odds that Pelosi’s democrats add another article of impeachment are also long, at $0.02.