As far as Nick Saban remembers he’s never had a true freshman start a season opener at left tackle. Andre Smith had done so for his predecessor at the University of Alabama, and James Carpenter started his first game as a junior-college transfer in 2009. Yet when Cam Robinson takes the field Saturday against West Virginia in Atlanta (3:30 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN2), it’ll be new territory for everyone involved. “Pretty much all I’m going to tell him is don’t let the crowd affect you, and there’s going to be a lot of noise,” said Austin Shepherd, who a year ago made his debut as a starter at the Georgia Dome, albeit as a junior right tackle. Read more http://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/al...est-offensive-question-isnt-quarterback-line/
