Novak getting looks, Big Ben comparisons 

Quarterback Ryan Novak (Littleton, Colo./Heritage) doesn’t mind the comparisons to Ben Roethlisberger. If you watch him play and notice Novak’s 6-foot-5, 215-pound frame, some of the comparisons are warranted.

Novak’s hoping the comparisons will parlay into a few scholarship offers this spring and summer. Currently, he is receiving looks from Tulsa, Colorado, Oklahoma State and a few other schools.

“I’ve gotten that the past three years,” Novak said of the Roethlisberger comparisons. “I wasn’t all that mobile my freshman year, but I was able to extend plays. I’m a big kid who much rather would like to stand in the pocket and take the big hit. I’m not really a run-first kid, but I like to pick defenses apart.

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