Nick Saban -- HEAD FOR THE CHOPPA ... It's How I Roll

Nick Saban doesn't have time to piss away in freeway traffic like a normie -- which is why he travels is a FRICKIN' HELICOPTER these days.

The Alabama coach just touched down at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta for the College Football Playoffs news conference ... and the dude knows how to make an entrance.

Saban says he was recruiting earlier in the day -- and used the helicopter because it's time efficient.

It also pretty damn impressive to leave a recruit's home in a helicopter.