Michigan State welcomes Notre Dame transfer to other side of 1966 Game of Century history

PHOTO: Notre Dame wide receiver Kale "KK" Smith traded blue and gold for green and white. Visit my homepage: TomShanahan.Report — Click here for book review and purchase link: THE RIGHT THING TO DO, The True Pioneers of College Football Integration in the 1960s and here for a purchase link to RAYE OF LIGHT, Jimmy Raye, Duffy Daugherty, the Integration of College Football and the 1965-66 Michigan State Spartans. — Watch a three-minute video to learn about our documentary at the…

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Michigan State can look ahead to past better times, thanks to Notre Dame’s respect for 1966

PHOTO: Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty (L) and Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian are seated as they celebrate sharing the National Football Foundation's MacArthur Bowl Trophy as co-national champions. College Football Hall of Famers George Webster and Clinton Jones of Michigan State and Jim Lynch of Notre Dame also attended the NFF dinner at the historic Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. ***Visit my homepage: TomShanahan.Report — Click here for review and purchase link: THE RIGHT THING TO DO, The True…

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Ane and Hawaiian Pipeliners hope Suiaunoa retaps Duffy’s Island history

Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report PHOTO: Legi Suiaunoa By TOM SHANAHAN Charles “Kale” Ane III is a Duffy Daugherty Hawaiian Pipeline alum who returned home after his Michigan State career and seven NFL seasons. He coached 23 years at Honolulu’s Punahou School, his alma mater, winning state titles and turning out college recruits. One of his stars was Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o, the 2012 Heisman Trophy runner-up and Maxwell Award winner. Scholarship athletes such as Te’o and…

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