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WHERE HAVE YOU GONE? at halftime," Foley said. "At halftime — no soup for me." With Montana plagued by the shiv- ers, he was fed "Foley's soup" during the halftime, and the star signal-caller remained in the locker room to have some more when action resumed in the third quarter. Even when Montana returned, he was ineffective, and the Irish fell behind 34-12. The rest is immortalized in Notre Devine, Notre Dame landed more than its share of top Ohio talent. From the Browner brothers — Ross and Jim — to the entire 1977 start- ing linebacker corps for the national champs (Bob Golic, Steve Heimkreiter and Doug Becker), Ohio became the most productive state to produce star power on the Irish roster. The common link during that era Dame lore. Montana completed six of his last seven passes, the last for a touchdown as time expired, in the scintillating 35-34 comeback vic- tory that often is referred to as "The Chicken Soup Game." And just like any good offensive lineman, Foley sacrificed and re- mained in the backdrop, even though the soup might not have been avail- able without his illness. That Cotton Bowl was hardly Fol- ey's lone claim to his football fame. While starring at Roger Bacon High THE PATH TO NOTRE DAME in Cincinnati from 1972-75, Foley was expected to follow the path of older brother Dave, the co-captain of the 1968 Ohio State Buckeyes that cap- tured the national title. All-American Dave Foley was a three-year starter at offensive tackle, a first-round pick in the 1969 NFL Draft and a Pro Bowl pick with the Buffalo Bills. Popular belief held that Buckeyes was Notre Dame recruiting coordi- nator and offensive line coach Brian Boulac, who particularly scoured the Greater Cincinnati League, signing more than a dozen players from famed Moeller High under Gerry Faust, plus the surrounding areas. Another Bacon product, Heimk- reiter, signed with the Irish in 1975 and was the host for Foley during the following season, when a raucous at- mosphere at a Notre Dame basketball game helped sway him to the Irish. "Woody and Ohio State recruited me, but they did not recruit me as hard as Coach Boulac and Notre Dame," Foley said. "Part of the reason I did not go to Ohio State is that I did not want to be constantly compared to my brother. "There was some backlash for not choosing Ohio State, but not really bothersome." head coach Woody Hayes would al- ways get the elite players within the state, but throughout the 1970s under head coaches Ara Parseghian and Dan As a 6-5, 228-pound freshman, Foley, nicknamed "Tiny Tim," wasn't totally out of place physically in an era when the standard size for a lineman was about 250 pounds, but he was quickly awed. "I think any freshman will tell you 'TINY TIM' LOOMS LARGE