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AUSTIN, Texas -- With one brilliant game, Arizona States Kalen Ballage barged into the NCAA record book.Eight touchdowns against Texas Tech last week tied the NCAA record for most in a game and in a quarter (four). He suddenly leads the nation in scoring at 28 points per game and his nine total rushing touchdowns would rank seventh nationally among all teams after two games.Now its UTSAs turn to try to slow down the Sun Devils tailback on Friday night at the Alamodome.Its been a little hectic for sure, but Im taking it all in stride, Ballage said. The night of and the next day after was pretty wild, just my phone being blown up with text messages and notifications, but its calmed down a little bit.Ballages scoring rampage a week ago came on surprisingly few carries. He touched the ball a total of 15 times. Six touchdowns came on runs of 7 yards or less when he took the snap directly from the center. He also had a 39-yard catch for a TD and scored the final touchdown on a 75-yard run in the fourth quarter.Going into the season I talked to them about the things we felt he needed to improve, being a downhill runner, being explosive, Arizona State Todd Graham said.Ballage could get rolling again if Arizona State can find him space on the fast track of the Alamodomes artificial turf.Slowing down any part of the Sun Devils offense could be a challenge for the Roadrunners. Arizona State ran 90 plays from scrimmage against Texas Tech.(Texas Tech) gave them opportunities, first-year UTSA coach Frank Wilson said. When you throw the ball as much as their opponent did, the clock stops a lot ... We dont want them to have 90 snaps against us.Some things to look for when Arizona State (2-0) and UTSA (1-1) play Friday night:TEXAS TRIPThe Sun Devils are playing their fourth game in Texas in four seasons. Graham, a Texas native who previously coached at Rice, knows how valuable a recruiting pipeline into the Lone Star State can be. Arizona State has more than a dozen players from Texas.Texas is our third largest alumni base, Graham said. It is hard to recruit in a place that we dont play. We get great support when we play there and we have great turnouts.BIG MOMENTThe Roadrunners get a rare moment on the big stage, playing a Power Five opponent with a national television audience on ESPN2. The UTSA program is just six years old.Our intent is to win. I dont know if we will, but thats our intent for every game, Wilson said. We relish the opportunity.QUARTERBACK ROTATIONThe Roadrunners are struggling on offense and rank just 101st nationally at 342 yards per game. A 23-14 loss at Colorado State left open the question of who will start at quarterback.Wilson said hell likely stick with Dalton Sturm, who has started the previous nine games dating back to last season. But hell be ready to go to Jared Johnson if needed. Johnson played some last week as the Roadrunners gained just 235 total yards.OTHER OFFENSEBallages big game will likely coax the UTSA defense into stopping the run, but that could leave plenty of room for big plays over the top. Quarterback Manny Wilkins, who hadnt thrown a college pass before this season, was 28 of 37 passing for 351 yards and two touchdowns as Arizona State rolled up 652 total yards last week.KICKING OPTIONSDesperate for points to keep up with the Sun Devils, Wilson said this week hes changing kickers, opting for Victor Falcon over Daniel Portillo.Portillo started the first two games but missed two extra points in the opener. Falcon is a walk-on kickoff specialist who joined the team midway through the 2015 season. The Roadrunners havent yet attempted a field goal in 2016. 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Cronulla second-rower Wade Graham feels his combination with James Maloney is finally hitting its straps and it could be enough to finally earn him that NSW jumper.Graham admits its been a testing couple of weeks after fulfilling his boyhood dream when he was named in the Blues squad for State of Origin II, only to have it ripped from under him because of a high tackle suspension.He admitted to going through a dark spot which he described as the toughest period of his career.It was so tough for me, its one of the hardest things Ive ever had to do, to watch a game you could have been a part of and were so close to being a part of, Graham said.Its something I dreamed of doing since I was a kid and to actually get there and to achieve it and then to lose it due to circumstances that you cant do anything about, it was obviously tough.But it is what it is.The heartache of having to watch from the sidelines as Queensland sealed victory would have been compounded by his knowledge that his replacement Tyson Frizell was the best on field for NSW and looks certain to retain his spot.However, after yet another standout effort for the Sharrks in their record-setting 34-24 win over Parramatta on Saturday, Graham too has a strong claim for a spot in Laurie Daleys squad.ddddddddddddWhat will only strengthen his case is his partnership on the Sharks left side with NSW playmaker James Maloney which is going from strength to strength.After conceding an early 18-0 lead, it was the Sharks left edge which sparked their revival with Graham looking dangerous every time he ran the ball.Its taken a while for (his partnership with Maloney) to get going this year, Graham said.Working with Jimmy a lot, hes a dominant playmaker and we both play what we see, were ad-lib players, we play up on the ball, we play flat at the defence, and sometimes he sees something different that I see and its taken a while to get that communication right.To get that combination for him to sometimes pull back and let me play and when for me to pull back and let him play.Its a work in progress and weve got a lot of improvement in us and well be working hard to get better. 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