At Friday’s Peach Bowl press conference, members of the media were able to pose questions to both Washington coach Chris Petersen and Alabama coach Nick Saban. When one media member asked both coaches for their thoughts on a potential college football commissioner, and if they had a person in mind for the job, Petersen jumped in with a quick answer: Saban. The answer got a laugh from the room, but the Alabama coach doesn’t seem so sure about being a commissioner, a position which doesn’t exist yet.

The video doesn’t show it, but Saban did offer some thoughts on college football having a commissioner, per BamaOnLine’s Charlie Potter:

“I do think there are a significant number of people out there that have been successful coaches, have been on the administrative side of it,” Saban said. “Whether it was Barry Alvarez or somebody like that that if we had a commissioner for football — I know that the (American) Football Coaches Association tries to organize and represent us in our game in terms of some of the issues that we all face.

“And I think if we had some people, whether it was a committee of people or a commissioner, who could sort of drive the wheel a little bit in terms of what’s some of problems facing our game in the future. Whether it’s the recruiting calendar, whether it’s the number of guys who can go out for the draft, whether it’s the number of people who transfer.

“I think there’s a lot of things that would be very, very helpful if we had some people in a leadership position that had some experience relative to what our issues are as coaches.”

Petersen isn’t the first coach to publicly suggest Saban for the position, if it is created. Florida coach and former Alabama assistant Jim McElwain also called Saban an ideal fit for the role when speaking to Paul Finebaum during SEC Media Days.