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Solomon Thomas may get the POW accolades, because he had more conspicuous standout plays, but upon my re-watching of the game, Harrison Phillips was the guy who saved Stanford's ass in that game.  I honestly don't know if they win if he wasn't playing.  He's that much better than Watkins inside.

I agree, both were very important.  Thomas did have the more high profile plays, including the one where he met the UCLA RB in the backfield and threw him down.  A lot of those plays were very important for inducing UCLA punts.  As usual in our team, the NT's job is to occupy blockers to allow the linebackers to shoot the gaps.  Still, Phillips has 4 solo tackles and 1 assist.

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Solomon Thomas may get the POW accolades, because he had more conspicuous standout plays, but upon my re-watching of the game, Harrison Phillips was the guy who saved Stanford's ass in that game.  I honestly don't know if they win if he wasn't playing.  He's that much better than Watkins inside.

I agree, both were very important.  Thomas did have the more high profile plays, including the one where he met the UCLA RB in the backfield and threw him down.  A lot of those plays were very important for inducing UCLA punts.  As usual in our team, the NT's job is to occupy blockers to allow the linebackers to shoot the gaps.  Still, Phillips has 4 solo tackles and 1 assist.

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