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Peaking too early is rarely a path to success. Take that guy in high school. Yes, THAT guy. Every classroom had one. The four-letter, deep-dish-dimpled jock with all right friends, the Elvis charm and the hot girl.

The guy who seemed destined to float through life on a gossamer cloud.

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“Hey, hey!’’ teased Juwan Simpson in rebuttal. “That guy was ME.”

A mischievous wink.

“And I didn’t turn out so bad.’’

OK, so there are exceptions to every rule.

Point being, it ain’t necessarily how you fast you explode out of the blocks, it’s what the timer reads when you break the tape.

The Calgary Stampeders are the first team to three wins this CFL season, yet by their own exacting standards haven’t been near up to snuff. So far, nothing definitive.

Hints. Moments. Stretches. One facet. Then another.

“Each and every game we do some good things,’’ head coach John Hufnagel, “just not consistently.

“Obviously with what’s occurred on the offensive side of it’’ — three lineman injured in the past two games — “we’re further behind than I would like to see.