TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Nick Saban greets the question with a smile.
What was more daunting -- the expectations of his father while working at Big Nick's service station as a kid growing up in the heart of West Virginia coal-mining country, or the expectations of coaching football at a place where anything other than a national championship is greeted with all the enthusiasm of getting a lump of coal for Christmas?
In his ninth season at Alabama, Saban has the Crimson Tide back in the College Football Playoff for the second straight year, but it's been ages since they last won a national championship.