Two of the premier offensive play callers in college football will be on the sidelines in the national championship on Monday with Alabama’s Steve Sarkisian and Ohio State’s Ryan Day.

At a press conference this week, Day was asked what stands out to him about how Sarkisian calls plays. Sarkisian, of course, has a long history of calling offenses from Washington and Southern Cal, to the Atlanta Falcons before he landed at Alabama. This season, Alabama is No. 6 in total offense in the country, including the No. 5 passing offense and the No. 2 scoring offense.

Day spoke about Sarkisian’s “great tradition” of success and his feel for calling a game.

“I think when you look at the things he does and the plays he runs, he puts the defense in a lot of stress. He’s very aggressive,” Day said. “He obviously really knows how to prepare an offense to create explosives, how to run the football. He’s very, very talented.”

As a play caller himself, Day understands the preparation that plays a factor.

“It’s always a good play when it works,” Day said. “That’s what I always laugh about. Why did you call that one? Because it worked. If it doesn’t work, it’s not a good play and you’re not a good play caller. So I think the big thing there is I don’t know him as well, met him a few times, got a lot of respect for him, but he clearly does a great job in preparation, putting the game plan together, and then preparing the guys to execute it based on what they’re going to see.”