6/20: Ohio native Robert Smith on Cavs winning NBA title, Buckeyes in 2016 & more
The Audible with Stew, Bruce & Ralph: A show about college football
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🗓️ 20 June 2016
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Former Ohio State Buckeye and NFL running back Robert Smith joins Bruce to discuss the Cavaliers bringing the NBA title back to Robert's home state; LeBron James' legacy to natives of Ohio; why a sports championship in Cleveland is bigger than just sports; expectations for the Buckeyes in 2016; and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the latest edition of the Audible. |
| 0:11.5 | I'm Bruce Feldman. |
| 0:12.6 | No Stu Mandel. |
| 0:13.9 | He is on vacation. |
| 0:15.5 | He's had his fill of NBA finals, and I think he's in Hawaii or somewhere like that. |
| 0:19.8 | But I am pleased to be joined by an old friend who is now a colleague again, and that is |
| 0:26.7 | former Ohio State and Minnesota Vikings great. |
| 0:30.2 | Robert Smith, who is one of the newest members of our Fox and Fox Sports College football team. |
| 0:36.6 | Robert, thanks for joining us. |
| 0:38.5 | You got it, Bruce. |
| 0:39.3 | I'm your old friend. |
| 0:41.7 | I know. |
| 0:42.2 | You were one of the few people. |
| 0:43.3 | I mean, I knew Rob Stone probably before you, and I knew liner, but I never worked with |
| 0:47.5 | them, obviously. |
| 0:48.7 | So I was excited when I heard you were coming to work with us. |
| 0:51.8 | Before we get into that, we're taping on Monday morning. |
| 0:56.1 | It's basically 12 hours ago. The Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA title and ended a more than a |
| 1:03.1 | half-century drought for Cleveland fans. You're from Euclid, Ohio. You grew up right in the shadows of |
| 1:09.6 | Cleveland. What does this mean to you |
| 1:12.1 | that a Cleveland team won a professional sports title? |
| 1:16.4 | I got to tell you, man, it was so exciting for me. I was so charged up, and, you know, |
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