Stars of the Weekend

Football is officially back underway everyone! From now to the Super Bowl, every Monday, I will be posting my top five stars of the weekend from college and the NFL.

With all of football back in full swing, many teams came to play and did not disappoint. While some teams suffered crushing blows, others were lifted higher into our view. Let's just see who made the top five!

Remember, these are in no particular order:

1. Dalvin Cook, Running Back, FSU
This past weekend, the Seminoles took on the South Florida at Doak Campbell Stadium. The last time the Noles played the Bulls in Tallahassee, USF was able to sneak away with a victory. While it may have looked like that at the beginning of the game, Cook took over.

Cook rushed for a carrier day with 30 carries for 266 yards and three touchdowns. All highs for the true sophomore. With other Heisman contending running backs running for three scores as well (OSU E. Elliot, UA D. Henry, LSU L. Fornette), Cook would be the only one to have over 200 yards.

This is also the first time since 1988 that a FSU running back has rushed for 200 yards in a single game.

2. DeShone Kizer, Quarterback, Notre Dame
Kizer is looking to now become a household name due to the season-ending injury to ND starting quarterback, Malik Zaire.

Kizer would start his day with a shovel passing TD on a fake-field goal attempt by the Fighting Irish to go up 6-0 on the first drive of the game. But Kizer never realized his day would not end there. Zaire went down with a broken leg and is now out for the year. Enter Kizer. With the clock ticking down and the Irish down by seven to Virginia, Kizer would lead a game-winning touchdown drive, leaving only 12 seconds on the clock. A 39-yard bomb to Will Fuller would be the play of the game made by Kizer in order to ice the Cavs.

3. Tony Romo, Quarterback, Dallas Cowboys
No longer can people say that Tony Romo is not clutch. After last night's win over the divisional rival Giants, Tony Romo now leads the league in game-winning drives with 28 since 2006.

After a play call by the Giants that would stop the clock with 1:43 left in the fourth, the Giants would kick a field goal to go up by six. Romo would take over on the Cowboys' 28. Romo would send the ball to tailback Lance Dunbar on back-to-back plays to pick up 56 yards. The drive would end with :07 left when Romo would pass to Jason Witten for the 11-yard go-ahead touchdown.

4. Marcus Mariota, Quarterback, Tennessee Titans
In his first outing as an NFL player, Mariota looked as though he had been playing for years under the Titans' offense. Passing for four touchdown in a single half of football is close to being unheard of by people. Even more so due to the fact that it was his first game.

Mariota would end the day going 13/16 with 209 yards and four touchdowns. He is only owned in 35.7% of ESPN Fantasy Football Leagues as of right now. That will be changed come wavier wire pick-up times on Wednesday.

5. Eli Jenkins, Quarterback, Jacksonville State
Who? This guy should be known as "The Guy Who Beat Auburn." Sure, Auburn won the game, but they did not win the war. Jenkins showed amazing patience against one of the SEC powerhouses and, at the time, #6 team in the NCAA. Passing for 277 yards and a touchdown, Jenkins made many Tigers scared towards the end of the game.

To Eli Jenkins, we say good job. Not many teams can take it to Auburn all four quarters, especially against a Will Muschamp defense. Because of their fight, Auburn has dropped to #18 from #6. One of the biggest drops in college history after starting 2-0.