By Rhett Manuel Sports Editor Before he ever wore the green and white of Tulane University, Ed Smith was just another hard-nosed kid growing up in Eunice, Louisiana — a Bobcat with a hunger for football and a knack for finding his way to the ball. In the late 1960s, under the bright Friday night lights of Eunice High, Smith carved out a name for himself as one of Coach Joe Nagata’s most depend…