OU LB Travis Lewis to miss up to 8 weeks

One of the worst possible things that could have happened this preseason for the Sooners has unfortunately taken place according to reports out of Norman today.  OU star linebacker Travis Lewis has suffered a broken bone in his foot and will miss up to eight weeks.  I'll let the severity of that sink in for a sec.

The Sooners defense will now be without it's unquestioned leader and must immediately start preparing for his loss with a very difficult opening schedule now staring them down.  Sucks for Travis for a bunch of reasons, but primarily because he came back for his senior year and will now be forced to miss almost half of it.  So much for that experiment with