Hey thanks for the replies.
Well that would make sense. Of course, I don't recall how I routed the cable ... however, I my name isn't spelled "God" so that type of mistake is plausible although I did go through the process more than once. So I would have had to make the same mistake in subsequent efforts.
The ProBikeKit guys just mentioned that Campy triples have a "very inboard design" making the argument that the Sugino crank/BB places the rings too far outward for the shifters to move the derailer.
Anyway, this sounds like a lesson learned.
P.S. BTW, I have a compact triple crank with 48/36/26 chainrings. That is why I went with the IRD FD. I seem to recall that when I looked at the Campy FD specs (triple) it was designed for bigger chainrings and the 48 big chainring was outside of specs. Is that not the case?