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V tapes all theintrodi * done by itsVJs,Hi ill use live VJs,hei ■ves that having list mtaneity to the bra says she beliestsil i begin earning a or.: Campbell says Oilers mproved : x-coach insists he 'eaves team better off Associated Press HOUSTON — Deposed Hous ton Oiler Coach Hugh Campbell said Thursday he leaves the Na tional Football League club in better shape than when he took over two years ago. I “I haven’t coached anywhere that I haven’t left a team in better shape than the way I’ve found it — and that record’s still intact,” lumipbell said in an interview with Houston radio station KODA. “My position right now is to try to land on my feet and take note of what’s going around.” I Campbell was fired Monday af ter the Oilers assured themselves of another losing season by drop ping Sunday’s game against the New York Giants. He said he was disappointed about losing his job, but acknowledged that “some times it’s time for a change.” H Campbell, who has been reluc tant to comment in the wake of his firing during the second year of his tenure as Oiler coach, re fused to criticize General Man ager Ladd Herzeg. I Herzeg this week called the hiring of Campbell, a highly suc cessful Canadian Football League coach, the “worst mistake of my professional career.” K The owner of the CFL’s Cal gary Stampeders has expressed interest in Campbell, who won Grey Cups with Edmonton be fore joining the United States Football League’s Los Angeles Express and then the Oilers two years ago. ■ “At this time I haven’t even considered that, although some one has told me that somebody else has considered that,” Camp bell said. “I haven’t experienced being fired before and I have no blueprint to follow in what steps to lake.” By CHAREAN WILLIAMS Assistant Sports Editor AUSTIN — Superstitious? Not the Texas A&M volleyball team. As long as the players go through their pregame rituals, avoid walking under ladders and keep black cats from crossing their paths, they say Friday the ISth might he their lucky day. “Yeah, and il will be full moon,” A&M Coach Terry Condon said. No. 19 A&M laces No. 8 Texas to night in Gregory Gymnasium at 7 p.m. in the semifinal of the NCAA Championship Tournament’s South Regional. Since the Aggies have already lost to the Longhorns twice this season and, in fact, haven’t defeated them since 1981, it appears they will need “Lady Luck” on their side tonight. “What’s everyone saying?,” A&M setter Chris Zogata asked. “Third time’s a charm? It’s starting to sound like a broken record, but I hope it’s true.” Three weeks ago, the Ags won the first two games against the ’Horns in College Station but lost the next three, losing a match to UT for the ninth straight time. “We’re just very tired of losing to Texas,” A&M All-America Sherri Brinkman said. “We’ve always had the skill to beat Texas. We just haven’t had the right mental atti tude. Everyone makes such a big deal about beating Texas. They’re no different than anyone else we play. Just because they’re Texas shouldn’t affect the way we play.” So besides the mental attitude, what else do the Aggies need to do to finally defeat the Longhorns? “We just need to play like we did in the first two games last time,” Zo gata said. “I’m confident. I wasn’t real excited about playing them again when I first heard we might. But now, with the way we’ve been playing and thinking about that last match against them, I think we can do it.” Condpn. too, believes A&M can win, <7 they conjaj^JUT’s fierce.put- side hitting game, speai headed by the Southwest Conference's Player of the Year, Diane Watson. “Their key is the outside game,’ Condon said “We have to try and Control them on the outside We have to serve real tough And we can’t make many mistakes.” After watching films of UT 1 ues day night and remembering how close they came in the last meeting, the Aggies seern to have a different attitude about playing Coach Mick Haley’s Horns. “We've been talking n- • ,*e more about strategy than m the past,” Condon said Ihey’vc teally been concentrating on knowing where lex,is’ weaknesses aic It’s like one ol them clinked to a spot and the others stopped and said. ‘That’s what they do. I hat’s exactly where they hit the hall. “Maybe this time will be different. They seem to he real mellow about it all — not uptight as usual. Even the players admit they’re more confident. "We’re all saying, ‘We’re going to beat Texas,"’ A&M outside hitter Stacey Cildner said. “We know what we have to do to win. We’ve been working on it all week in practice. And in two days, Terry’s even gotten us into excellent shape. We’re le- ady.” AGGIE VOLLEYBALL NOTES: No. 3 UCLA, the NCAA clefend ing champion, faces Georgia at 5:30 p.m. Friday. The winner of that match will face the winner of the A&M-UT match on Saturday in Austin. . . . Condon said the Austin American-Statesman ran a story about Texas looking past A&M at UCLA. “They were saying, ‘UCLA this and UCLA that.' But 1 think when it comes down to it, it will he A&M playing Texas. That uP! ri valry will come through.'. ..Condon would like nothing better than to face her alma mater. L’CLA, for a chance to make n to the Final l out next weekend in Kalamazoo, Midi . . . . The Aggies .prac ticed l lnusday flight from 6.8 run. Friday, practice was at noon. .t. AH eyes are on A&M s Margaret Spence (fore ground) as she tries to set the ball up fbt a spike Photo by JOHN MAKEL Y in A&M’s NCAA tourney win over Texas-Arling- ton. No. 8 Texas hosts No. 19 A&M tonight.