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(ABC) FOOTBALL The Gator Bowl: Oklahoma St. vs. South Carolina, live, from Jacksonville, Fla. HEIOi Rl VENGF"? -- Trie National "Foetban League ends iu-recjular season this wee*end ano although professional iY-ctba!! nab once again suf- •ered'.i dropoff x TV ratings CBS and NBC consic- er NFL 'ootbaii tne king ot the tube At least NBC doe ̂ That network proved it a tew weeks ago when its much-neralded golfing project. "Tne Skins Game," ran overtime and was cut off the air in one-third or the nation because it was time to present a pro footcail pre-game show Because of tne ruies of the made-for-TV golf match between Gary Player, Tom Watson. Arnie Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, there was $240,000 still" up for grabs when Nicklaus was about to chip up tc the 18th green. Then the lights went out. Golfing fans on the West Coast (except for Los Angeles and Seattle), the mountain regions (including Arizona, where the match was held) and parts of the Southeast were deprived of watching the Golden Bear eventually sink an 8-foot putt for the whole ball of wax What they saw was a football pre-game show. A pre-game show! To golfing fans, it was equivalent to cutting off the last two minutes of a tied Super Bowl game and beginning "Battle of the Network Stars." Or knock­ ing off the ninth inning of the seventh game of a World Series for the 17th rerun of "Gilligan's Island." "The Skins Game," which is probably the best made-for-TV sports promotion ever dreamed up by TV's deep thinkers, did very well in the ratings. Ir. the Saturday half of the two-day presentation, it did better than most college games (losing only to the U.SC.-Notre Dame game), and held its own against the pro games on Sunday. Old-timers could consider NBC's sudden switch as poetic justice for the famous "Heidi Game" in 1968. Then the same network cut off the last min­ ute of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game in which Oakland scored two touchdowns in a come- from-behind win after the cameras stopped. In its place was the start of a TV presentation of the clas­ sic "Heidi." © 1984 Compolog SUNDAY. DE(|. 23 & Sm Hunt © Cellegt Bosketbcfll: Dayton at South Florida CD Stretch wMi Prisdlla © MOV*: 'Champions' CD Mans ton' Christmas © MOVIE: 'Lot Mm Folcons Go' Beetle and Alex embark on o dangerous journey to return two stolen peregrine folcont. 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