Rutgers out to dig in Heels

Posted Aug 31, 2006

When Rutgers plays North Carolina - a middle-of-the-pack ACC team - Saturday, it will be a chance to learn whether redshirt sophomore Mike Teel, Rutgers' most celebrated quarterback recruit ever, can be the answer at that critical position; whether the Knights, who have an undersized front seven, can effectively replace defensive ends Ryan Neill and Val Barnaby and whether they can prevent one Jersey kid, Jesse Holley of Roselle - now a Tar Heel - from coming back to haunt them. (New York Daily News)

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