USC is good this year, with a lot of talent, and the SEC, too, is rolling again. Ohio State looks okay, but it seems to fall short in big games. However, there are some things that are pretty much the same year after year when it comes to college football. Do you want to know something else that is? That's that every single week, big upsets will happen in college football. What does this mean for you? Don't just bet on your favorites, and rely on your instincts, too. Besides that, though, you have to be ready to be a laughingstock (at least a little bit) if those instincts, too, are wrong.

We all have our own strategies for betting on college football. And a good one to use is to expect upsets. Here are a few upset situations to keep in mind when making your picks:

If a team has just won a game important to them, they might be too happy, relaxed and confident to prepare properly for the next game.
If the opponent is from the conference and is unranked, they know the opponent very well even if they're not a BCS Bull team.
If a team is playing a primetime game on national TV with all the attention on them and they're not used to the stage, watch out. There are more situations to pay attention to, but these are good ones to start with.

In the 2008 season, upsets have already begun to happen. For example, Oregon State beat USC even though everybody thought USC was going to be in the BCS Championship game. In fact, everyone thought that playing Oregon State was going to be a letdown for USC. In fact, this was true. Florida was beaten by Mississippi because Mississippi made some big plays and had some luck. That said, though, anything is possible in the SEC. What do both of the games just discussed have in common? Both involved conference opponents who were unranked.

There are other upsets which are harder to predict ? especially when an unranked team doesn't get a lot of attention and is less well known nationally. For instance, Appalachian State's victory over Michigan in the Big House last year. Nor are Bowl games free form upsets ? remember Boise State vs. Oklahoma? This punctured the long held view that the bigger programs win the big games.

The Top 25 has some nontraditional powers, which means that more BCS Bowl upsets could be due this year. Boise State, Utah and Brigham Young University could all pull out all the stops if they play in front of a national audience in a big bowl game. Connecticut and Wake Forest aren't renowned for their programs in football, but their talent is formidable enough that they, too, could bring some excitement -- and upsets -- into big bowl games, too.

The point is this, you always have to be prepared for the upset. Look out for those upset situations highlighted above. Never go on autopilot when you're making your online bets. No team and no game is ever guaranteed or 100%. Dig into the matchup and find the upset before it happens to rake in some cash.

If you are hoping to get into sports betting and make a little money then you likely already know that you have better odds of winning here than you would in a casino. Casinos offer games of chance, while sports betting involves making judgment calls on a foreseeable outcome. Read on for some tips on coming out ahead.

9.Place Bets on the Right Sports Book
Statistics suggest that placing bets with the correct sports book will make a big difference, and increase the odds of winning by 3%.

8.Bet Against the Public
Many bettors choose to "fade the public" and bet against the outcome everyone else is counting on. This can be a winning strategy for you.

7.Do Your Homework Before the Game
The best way to win sports betting is to research all aspects of a game, especially circumstances and data that others would not consider. Not even bookies will have time to research every sport and every game. Therefore, if you can create a niche for yourself, you could become an expert on a smaller conferences and find yourself winning big money.

6.Choose the Underdog at Home
Statistically speaking, it's a good idea to bet on an underdog at home. A team will put forth their best effort at home stadium and underdogs have a way of triumphing over the odds in general. Using this strategy you may beat the odds too.

5.Bet at Just the Right Time
Bettors who go for the underdog tend to do so early on. You should mix it up and bet late on the underdog, early on the favorite. Going in the face of the conventional wisdom can often be a winning move in sports betting.

4.Make Arbitrage Bets
When you make arbitrage bets, you are betting on a specific occurrence within the game and can make money regardless of the outcome.

3.Square or Sucker Lines - A lot of bettors try to avoid square lines (these are lines which are made in the attempt to sway the public to bet in a specific way). By keeping your eye on the percentages, you can make money off of these bets.

2.Never Gamble While Drinking
Drinking can cloud your judgment and encourage impulsive behavior - never, ever bet while you have been drinking.

1.Manage your Gambling Money
Another common sense rule is this - never bet more than you can easily afford to lose. You should actually set aside a sort of "betting fund" and stay within this limit, no matter how much you win or lose. Try to spread your fund among several small bets rather than taking the risk of losing everything on one bet.

There are moments in sport that just leave you feeling sick. That's the beauty of sport, though - the fact that one minute you may be up celebrating, tears in your eyes - and the next you will be down, head in your hands, wondering how it ever came to this. As this is completely arbitary, here are my own personal Top 5 'Agony' moments from the years I've been watching sport... with a few surprises.

5. Ian Rush deflates my Evertonian hopes in 1989: It was a fitting cup final in a way - after the Hillsborough disaster, Merseyside was as one for this Cup final, and produced one of the most thrilling in modern times. Liverpool lead early on through Aldridge, and Stuart McCall produced a last-minute equaliser - perhaps the most exciting moment of my young sport-watching life. Rush scored in extra time only for McCall to hit a chest-down-and-volley goal from 25 yards. But Rush had the last word, and I - and thousands of Evertonians - felt pig sick. We had come so far, and from 1989 onwards, the club hit the skids.

4. The Aussies hold out at Old Trafford in 2005. I remember this one as I was travelling back to Paris in the evening, and had to catch the final day in glimpses which made it even more dramatic. I eventually saw the final over having gone through security at John Lennon airport, but it was the unfolding drama that made this one of the most heart-breaking, deflating moments in cricket - seeing Ponting go and then, as the minutes and hours ticked by, wicket after wicket - but not quite enough from England's tired bowlers.

3. Jimmy White - why Jimmy why? History will tell us that Jimmy White - the Whirlwind as he was affectionately known - never won the World Championship. It will therefore mark him down as an inferior player, but the truth is that he never had the bottle. That black that he missed when at 17-17 was one that he would have put away 99 times out of 100. But he didn't, and Hendry went on to win yet again. Watching Jimmy watching Hendry was heart-breaking. And he would never come close again.

2. Red Rum catches Crisp: Now this was before I was born, but I've seen it so many times and it still moves me. The Australian horse Crisp was a mile ahead in the Grand National and coasting - nothing and no one could possibly have caught it. But as the jockey looked around, one horse was gradually catching him - Red Rum. It was the greatest horse race I've ever seen - Red Rum continually catching Crisp, inch by inch, yard by yard - getting closer and closer until he finally caught him. Watching Crisp agonisingly accept his fate gets harder every time I watch this amazing race.

1. England can't take penalties: I've started to lose count of the number of penalty shoot-outs that England have fluffed, but 1990 and 1996 are the two that will always stand out in most peoples' minds. 1990 was the year that we really should have won the World Cup, as that was a cracking England side all the way through. 1996 was the year that we really should have won the European Championship as they had a side bang in form - but once more, it was the fact that we don't have the bottle and we don't have the skill to take penalties. And the Germans have got both. Oh dear.

So there they are, my top 5 heartbreaking moments in Sport - but I'm sure you have yours - let me know!