Michigan State’s owes Horace Smith an apology — one that Duffy would have understood
PHOTO (Michigan State Athletics): Horace Smith, shamefully benched in 1946, a year later established history as Michigan State's first Black athlete to face a segregated southern opponent. Visit my website homepage, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN If only a reporter at some point had questioned Michigan State College Football Hall of Fame coach Duffy Daugherty about his playing days at Syracuse. How did Duffy, a lineman, feel about his teammate, Wilmeth Sidat-Singh, who was benched as a Black quarterback,…