Santos adds 4 more TD's

[Nors]

6) New Hampshire 48, Marshall 35

Preview - Box Score - Recap New Hampshire

September 15, 2007

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Ricky Santos threw three touchdowns passes and ran for a fourth score, leading New Hampshire to a 48-35 win over Marshall on Saturday.

New Hampshire (1-1), ranked No. 12 in the Championship Subdivision poll, jumped ahead 24-0 at halftime, withstood a furious Marshall comeback and won its third straight game against a Bowl Subdivision team, beating Rutgers in 2004 and Northwestern last season.


The Thundering Herd (0-3) lost to a Championship Subdivision team for the first time since rejoining the former Division I-A in 1997.

Marshall was unable to contain a spread offense for the second straight week. Santos completed 23 of 33 passes for 289 yards.

Marshall led No. 4 West Virginia 13-6 at halftime a week ago but the Thundering Herd surrendered 42 second-half points and lost 48-23.

This week, New Hampshire caught Marshall in an early lull.

Robert Simpson had first quarter TDs on a 10-yard run and a 27-yard pass from Santos, who added a 3-yard TD run in the second quarter.

Marshall's Bernard Morris, who hurt a toe last week, didn't enter Saturday's game until the final drive of the first half. He set career highs by going 31-of-42 for 417 yards and three TDs.

Morris' 25-yard TD toss to Darius Passmore on fourth-and-17 brought Marshall within 41-35 midway through the fourth quarter, but New Hampshire used up most of the clock in going the length of the field, with Chris Ward scoring on a short run with a minute left.


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[silverbear]

And he's still a 5th round prospect, tops... putting up big numbers against inferior programs does not get you drafted early...

We won't really know if his game translates to the NFL until he gets there, so I'm not saying he isn't good... I'm just saying that all these numbers you keep posting don't mean a whole lot, when the scouts get to evaluating him... they don't run too many spread offenses in the NFL...

 

[Nors]

And he's still a 5th round prospect, tops... putting up big numbers against inferior programs does not get you drafted early...

We won't really know if his game translates to the NFL until he gets there, so I'm not saying he isn't good... I'm just saying that all these numbers you keep posting don't mean a whole lot, when the scouts get to evaluating him... they don't run too many spread offenses in the NFL...

This kid is as close to what Tony Romo was in 2002 as there is out there. Odds against him but if right team can groom him, he has NFL starting ability. He has it, and shredded another 1-A team.


WILDCAT FOOTBALL DEFEATS MARSHALL, 48-35
HUNTINGTON, W.V.— For the third time since the 2004 season, the University of New Hampshire football team defeated an FBS opponent, posting an impressive and hard-fought 48-35 victory vs. Marshall on Saturday at Joan Edwards Stadium.

The FCS Wildcats are getting a reputation as giant slayers, after posting a victory at Northwestern in 2006 (34-17) and winning at Rutgers in 2004 (35-24).

The Wildcats were led by senior Walter Payton Award winning quarterback Ricky Santos (Bellingham, Mass.), who connected on 23 of 33 pass attempts for 289 yds and three passing TDs. He also ran the football 13 times for 45 yds and a 3 yd TD run.

 

[Nors]

(6) New Hampshire 52, Dartmouth 31

Preview - Box Score - Recap New Hampshire

September 22, 2007

DURHAM, N.H. (AP) -- Ricky Santos (17-23-199-0) threw for two touchdowns and ran for another to lead New Hampshire to a 52-31 non-conference win over Dartmouth on Saturday.

Mike Boyle opened the game with a 91-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. New Hampshire capitalized on an interception a few minutes later with Boyle capping a four-play drive by running it in from three yards out.

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Dartmouth got on the board five minutes later, driving the ball 25 yards after recovering a fumbled punt.

But New Hampshire dominated play, scoring on eight of 12 possessions.

With just under four minutes left in the first quarter, New Hampshire drove 67 yards to take a 21-7 lead.

The two teams traded field goals and touchdowns in the second quarter to end the half with New Hampshire maintaining its 14-point advantage at 31-17.

New Hampshire added two more scores 1:44 apart in the third on a 15-yard pass from Santos to Keith LeVan and a 5-yard keeper by Santos.

Dartmouth's Tom Bennewitz's 4-yard pass to Mark Brogna made the score 45-24 with 46 seconds left in the quarter.

But New Hampshire went back in front by 28 points on a 12-yard pass play from R.J. Toman to Kevon Mason at 11:49 of the fourth quarter. The Big Green closed the scoring at 2:32 on a 9-yard pass from Alex Jenny to Brett Lowe.

 

[silverbear]

It's just too bad for Ricky that there are no Dartmouths or Marshalls in the NFL...

 

[Nors]

It's just too bad for Ricky that there are no Dartmouths or Marshalls in the NFL...

Great point - just the reason Tony Romo went undrafted.

But Santos has beaten amore than a few 1-A teams in his career. I am lucky to see games locally and at least highlights. This is a kid that is accurate, can get ball out FAST and is great in pocket, moving around. Exact same size as Romo but a better runner. That is my knock on him on transition to NFL, he is more prone to run that won't translate on Sundays.

He needs a team that will invest 2-3 years in him till he is ready to be a NFL starter. Maybe that is a better model than throwing these rookies out there day 1 to flame and burn.

 

[silverbear]

Great point - just the reason Tony Romo went undrafted.

But Santos has beaten amore than a few 1-A teams in his career.

Actually, it has been a few, and to the best of my recollection, none of them were QUALITY I-A teams...

Exact same size as Romo

We've been through this before, Nors, and you KNOW that's not true... same height, but Romo is heavier... he was 227 coming out of college, I believe is listed at 223 now... meanwhile, Ricky is listed at 215 on every website I've seen...

And as for his running ability, he's credited with 40 times in the 4.8 to 4.9 range, which means he will NOT be an effective runner if he ever gets on an NFL field...

To boil it down, Santos has put up big stats, but it is against decidedly inferior competition, even by NCAA standards... and he has not been able to get his team over the hump in the playoffs, when the level of competition gets a wee bit stiffer... this is legitimate cause to be concerned about whether he can have the same kind of success in the NFL, where the talent is not only much better across the board, it is much faster too...

I'm not saying he can't, mind you, and I'd have no problem with the Boys spending a 6th or a 7th on him in the next draft (but absolutely no earlier than the 6th)... but you're making him sound like the second coming of Neil Lomax or something, and that's pretty silly...

 

[Nors]

Actually, it has been a few, and to the best of my recollection, none of them were QUALITY I-A teams...



We've been through this before, Nors, and you KNOW that's not true... same height, but Romo is heavier... he was 227 coming out of college, I believe is listed at 223 now... meanwhile, Ricky is listed at 215 on every website I've seen...

And as for his running ability, he's credited with 40 times in the 4.8 to 4.9 range, which means he will NOT be an effective runner if he ever gets on an NFL field...

To boil it down, Santos has put up big stats, but it is against decidedly inferior competition, even by NCAA standards... and he has not been able to get his team over the hump in the playoffs, when the level of competition gets a wee bit stiffer... this is legitimate cause to be concerned about whether he can have the same kind of success in the NFL, where the talent is not only much better across the board, it is much faster too...

I'm not saying he can't, mind you, and I'd have no problem with the Boys spending a 6th or a 7th on him in the next draft (but absolutely no earlier than the 6th)... but you're making him sound like the second coming of Neil Lomax or something, and that's pretty silly...

I have Romo at 6-17/8 220, He was 215-220 as will Santos be at Combine. And we agree, Santos like Romo who had 5.0 time can't "run" in the NFL ala a Vick or Cunningham. But he can move around in the pocket and get 1st downs when need be. In fact I said my biggest criticism was he needed to cut back on his scrambling.

Santos has a very similar style to Romo. There are plaenty of QB's at the big schools that suck that go ahead of the best small school prospects. It is what it is!