re: Can Alabama figure out spread offenses or is this the end of Saban

No this is not the "end" of Saban not will it ever be until he retires. But bama has indeed, despite some of these posts, struggled multiple times vs spread - oklahoma and A&m burned them this year. Overall I think the most import test thing is for Saban to get faster D ends and OLB's like lsu does, instead of the type that are built to stop a Stanford or michie state style offense. That's why manziel ran in circles in the backfield so easily was bc all the linemen were way too slow but vs lsu he couldn't do that. But dashawn hand should certainly help the cause