With the ‘Cats in rough field position at the 13-yard line ... NU’s drive looked dead in the water, but Lausch found Kirtz up the middle on fourth-and-8 for a 20-yard gain.

If a fair ball gets lodged in the outfield wall padding -- or the ivy, in the case of Wrigley Field -- it is a ground-rule double. On all ground-rule doubles, the ball is dead, the batter-runner goes ...