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Some articles from Camp:

What does Cornish have in store for an encore?

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News bulletin from Calgary Stampeders training camp . . . slotback Nik Lewis wants the world to know he made a mistake.
A huge one, in fact, when it came to formulating a first impression of Jon Cornish.
“I actually said we should trade him before anyone else saw him in that first training camp,” a soaking wet Lewis was saying after yet another practice in the driving rain at McMahon Stadium. “I didn’t think he was good at all. I thought he was horrible.
“I said, ‘maybe we should trade him for somebody really good before our pre-season game, before anybody else can see him.’
“And I was wrong.”

Coming off such a dominant season, Cornish insists it’s business as usual as he prepares for the 2013 campaign.
“Nothing changes,” he said. “I’m not one to congratulate myself or anything.”
Truth be told, Cornish sees the 2012 season as solid but not spectacular — especially given the Stampeders failed to get it done in the championship game against Toronto.
“I wanted to win the Grey Cup,” he said. “Had we won the Grey Cup, I would have gone to Disney World. But we didn’t, so I couldn’t go to Disney World.”

In truth, the New Westminster, B.C. native already has his game face on. He politely declines to put numbers on his goals for the year, only saying he would like to contribute more catching the ball out of the backfield and better control his emotions between the lines.
“I felt like I ended last season with four or five games left in me,” Cornish said. “So I’ve been itching to get back on the field.”

Heading into his seventh season with Cornish as a teammate, Lewis is no longer surprised by his tailback.
“I’m glad they didn’t trade him,” Lewis said. ”He gives us such great balance in our offence.
“I’m just looking forward to seeing him bust out those big runs again and doing my part to block for him.”

Johnson: Price’s breakout season has observers pumped for 2013 campaign

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They’re flat-out expecting Mo.
Mo catches. Mo yards. Mo touchdowns. Mo jaw-dropping, heart-palpitating, mesmerizing moments of mercurial magic.
“Man, this is all new to me,” Maurice Price confesses. “I’ve never really been in this position before. Even going into the season as a starter is different for me. So I’m not taking anything for granted.
“It’s humbling.
“I’m the type of guy who gets motivated by compliments, praise, whatever. I’ve been like that all my life. I don’t live my life proving people wrong. I want to prove them right.”

Price, quite simply, appears to have the lot to succeed up here. Decent size (6-foot-1). A set of artisan’s hands. Enviable football IQ. Warp-drive speed that’d put Capt. James T. Kirk’s Starship Enterprise in dry dock (he runs a 4.29 40). A willingness to work (Price couldn’t walk in the early days after last year’s ankle derailment, so to keep sharp he’d perch on a chair off to the side of the field and have quarterbacks throw 100 or more balls for him to catch).
And, most enticingly, an innate penchant for the big-play; an ability to turn burlap into gossamer.
His 56-yard catch-and-run in the driving snow against Hamilton on Oct. 20, firing through two defenders and breaking a tackle before leaving Ticats safety Dee Webb in his powdery wake to score his first CFL TD was just one example.

That potential, the great unknown, is what has people so giddy. But with such heightened expectations, there is always a cautionary sense of danger.

“Mo and I already talked about that,” says receivers’ coach Pete Costanza. “Don’t go putting extra pressure on yourself, thinking ‘I had so many yards over so many games last year’ and try to project that over a season. Don’t get caught up in the numbers. The way our offence works is that one week Nik (Lewis) might catch eight, 10 balls, next week Mo might catch five. So when your opportunities come, make plays. But if you expect to go out with a certain catch-count in your head . . . well, it’s just not realistic with five guys in the game and distributing the ball around.
“I think he’ll be fine, productive, have a good year. I know when the ball’s thrown to him, Mo’ll do something awfully good with it.
“He’s grounded in what we do right from the start. So now he can just play fast, let his ability shine.”