Tom Zbikowski on why this Notre Dame football team has captured his heart

Former Notre Dame safety Tom Zbikowski (2003-07), who is the safeties coach at Brown, discusses what it means to him to see Notre Dame back in the national championship conversation, what he remembers about playing Penn State in 2007, how a coach emphasizes special teams, how to defend Penn State tight end Tyler Warren, how physical safeties make a defense better, what he thinks of Xavier Watts, how culture is instilled in a program, his respect for quarterback Riley Leonard, what head coach Marcus Freeman's aggressiveness does for the team, what he's learned as a college football coach, his most important lessons as a college athlete, his relationship with Jeff Samardzija and more. Then Eric Hansen and Tyler James answer questions from X/Twitter and The Insider Lounge (24:36). Podcast listeners can sign up for a 30-day free trial of InsideNDSports.com using the code NDPOD at the link below. https://notredame.rivals.com/sign_up?promo_code=NDPOD Want to receive a daily newsletter from Inside ND Sports? Sign up for free here: https://www.getdrip.com/forms/284599664/submissions/new Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.