Nick Saban revealed Thursday he and Steve Sarkisian are very different in at least one way when it comes to coaching: Dealing with kickers.

Texas escaped the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl with a double-overtime win over Arizona State 39-31, despite two missed field goals from the Longhorns’ Bert Auburn.

“You can verify this with (GameDay host) Rece Davis, when I saw this happening, I said, ‘I never talk to these guys when they have to make a kick,” Saban said during his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show.” “Never.”

Tied at 24 with just 2 seconds left in the game, Auburn missed a 38-yard attempt. Moments before, Sarkisian put his arms around the kicker and had a lengthy discussion.

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Saban, winner of seven national championships, said he would have been nowhere near his kicker.

“I didn’t want them to think it was a different kick than every other kick you have to make, you know?” he explained. “And be so concerned about the outcome of making the kick that they didn’t just kick with confidence and go through the normal rhythm of doing what they do.”

The “GameDay” analyst said it is all about mindset.

“I always go back to golf,” Saban said. “As soon as you think you have to make a shot, you’re gonna make a bad shot.”

As it turned out, the teams traded touchdowns on their first overtime possessions, and Quinn Ewers put Texas ahead with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Gunnar Helm, followed by a 2-point conversion pass to Matthew Golden.

The fourth-ranked Longhorns finally put No. 10 Arizona State away when Sam Leavitt’s pass at the 3 was intercepted to end the game. Texas moves on to face Ohio State in the semifinals at the Cotton Bowl.