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'I just went numb.' IU's Monster, Devon Matthews, reflects on hit that put him in hospital

BLOOMINGTON – Devon Matthews looks back at the hit that sent him to an Iowa City hospital for Labor Day weekend and can't think of anything he did wrong.

"When I look back on film, it was just regular contact," Indiana's senior All-Big Ten safety said Tuesday. "I didn't dip my head or anything. I just went in with my shoulder... It was probably just the compacting, because there were so many people. There was one person (on one side of my shoulder) and one person here (on the other side) and one that came up right here (head on.