AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas coach Charlie Strong took over his defense to get things fixed and save the season.He designed new coverages. He tried different ways to get pressure on the opposing quarterback. None of it worked.Strongs gamble on himself failed and the Longhorns have lost three straight, including an 0-2 start in the Big 12. Strong is facing open speculation that hell be out of a job after the season if he doesnt pull off a miracle run to the end of the season.So now what?With seven games left and a home game Saturday night against Iowa State (1-5, 0-3) Strong pleaded Monday for fans to not give up on his players.Weve been away for a month. We have seven games left. This is their football team, Strong said. You need support. You cant be fair-weather fans. Were not going to give up hope. We are going to continue to play hard, we will continue to fight .... I see what we have and know the direction its going.Strong, who is 13-17 in this third season, has no choice but to be the public optimist when everything about Texas is trending down.Even his efforts to shake up his defense fell painfully flat. The Longhorns (2-3, 0-2) surrendered nearly 700 yards in a 45-40 loss to Oklahoma with three touchdown plays of 47 yards or longer. Texas defensive backs were still getting beat on deep balls or missing tackles.Everything seems to work in practice, only to collapse at game time, Strong said.Everything is about fundamentals and technique. I told the guys its a simple game we make some complicated. We go out there and practice and knock every one of them down. We cant complete one in practice, he said. You cant have mental lapses in big games.Senior safety Dylan Haines said Strong used last weeks practices to create some new coverage schemes and calls for rushing the passer. Haines did have Texas first two interceptions of the season but Texas rarely pressured Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield, who wasnt sacked until late in the fourth quarter.Texas also got pushed around up front as Sooners running back Samaje Perine ran for 214 yards.Some guys kind of just get out there and bright lights kind of hit them and they lose focus, Haines said. Weve got a lot of young guys playing out there and thats going to happen. But for some of older guys, weve got to get that fixed. This cant be a continuing issue or those guys arent going to be playing anymore.Texas hasnt won a game or played at home since a Sept. 10 win over UTEP. That came on the heels of a thrilling double-overtime win over then-No. 10 Notre Dame that had college football thinking that Strong had Texas surging back among the nations elite.That Notre Dame win, Strong said Monday, now feels like three years ago.Strong was asked by reporters how hes handling the pressure to win among fading hopes.Im fine. As a competitor, you want more things to happen for you and its not happening, Strong said. All you can do is continue to coach, continue grind it out. Eventually its going to happen. Its going to turn. Cheap NFL Jerseys China . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. Wholesale Authentic NFL Jerseys . 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GREEN BAY, Wis. -- The Green Bay Packers will be without two more starters on Sunday night against Washington after coach Mike McCarthy said guard T.J. Lang and linebacker Jake Ryan would miss the game.Lang has a foot injury and Ryan has an ankle injury. Both players were hurt in last weeks 47-25 loss to the Tennessee Titans.Left tackle David Bakhtiari, who also left the Titans game with a knee injury, appears likely to play against the Redskins. McCarthy said Friday he has no concerns about quarterback Aaron Rodgers blind-side protector.McCarthy also says two other key injjured players, tight end Jared Cook (foot) and linebacker Clay Matthews (hamstring), have looked good this week in practice.dddddddddddd They were listed as questionable on the injury report for Sundays game.If Matthews can go, he could help replace Ryan at inside linebacker. 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