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[MURP]

he bottle was found to have a compartment that contained "a small amount of dark particulate and a pungent aroma closely associated with marijuana," the police report said.

So Vick was carrying a water bottle with a "secret" compartment.   And that compartment had a substance that smelled something like pot.


im sure most people have atleast smelled pot.  There is no other smell that comes close to that.


the only other smell involved in this is a smell named COVER UP. 

[BlueHeart]

Cover up for weed? No way. LOL

Every year multiple players are busted with some pot (or a shteinload if you're Nate Newton  ). Noone even seems to give a rats ass about it.

Besides, they're just saying at this time it hasn't tested as pot yet.

[Geowhizzer]

It was just oregano.  Yes, that's the ticket.  Oregano!   

[PhillyPhreak54]

Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was not carrying marijuana or another illegal substance at the Miami airport and will be exonerated, league sources told ESPN's Chris Mortensen on Sunday.

On Wednesday, Vick surrendered a water bottle to security at Miami International Airport that authorities believed smelled like marijuana and contained a substance in a hidden compartment. Vick was not arrested and was allowed to board his flight to Atlanta.

Miami police had said it could take weeks to decide whether charges would be filed against Vick, a three-time Pro-Bowler.

A Falcons team source confirmed that the team expects to hear something formal by Monday.

I don't buy this for a number of reasons.

1. If he wasn't carrying weed... why would Blank, McKay and Petrino chew his ass out like they did?  All Mexico would have to say is "It wasn't weed."  They didn't defend him at all in their press conferences... which they would have if they had any doubts from what Vick told them.

2. How many substances are out there that smell like marijuana?  It has a pretty distinctive smell to it as far as I know... but if any of you druggies know any different, feel free to educate me.

3. What other reason would he have to resist throwing the bottle away so much if he's not hiding something?  Or why even have that type of water bottle to begin with?

SOMETHING SMELLS ABOUT VICK "EXONERATION"

We were shocked, but not surprised, by Chris Mortensen's report that Michael Vick will be exonerated for the incident involving a water bottle with a secret compartment and a pungent smell and a small brown particle that most likely wasn't a booger.

Vick, who did not publicly proclaim his innocence, likely (in our opinion) purchased a high-priced lawyer who pressured the powers-that-be in Miami into dropping the matter.  The tactics likely (in our opinion) included a passionate plea regarding the difficulty of proving beyond a reasonable doubt that the bottle fished out of a recycling been by a TSA worker was the same bottle Vick had tossed in there, and maybe a thinly-veiled threat or two that the lawyer would start suing people into the Stone Age if the matter didn't go away quickly.

And that's where the report isn't completely clear.  Was the contention that the bottle with a secret compartment didn't belong to Vick, or was it that the bottle with the secret compartment was Vick's, but that it didn't have any marijuana in it?

If it's the latter, it hardly means that Vick is clean.  Why would he even own a water bottle with a secret compartment if he wasn't going to stick stuff in it that he shouldn't have in the first place?

And if it was Vick's bottle, look for Vick to still be in hot water with the Falcons.

Meanwhile, check out this hilarious segment from Saturday Night Live regarding the Vick ordeal.  It's not quite "D--k In A Box" material, but it's funny nonetheless. 

[PhillyPhreak54]

Peter King's hard-hitting reporting, ladies and gents...

Factoid of the Week That May Interest Only Me

Drew Brees is not only a good player. He is a good doggy citizen.

One afternoon last week, I walked with Brees through Audubon Park in the Garden District of New Orleans, near his home. We were miked up for an HBO interview, walking with perky, go-getter-Steelers-fan producer Bentley Weiner as two cameras recorded our walk-and-talk. Brees had his 11-year-old Chow mix Alexis on a leash. After a few minutes, Alexis put her nose in the air, went to work, and defecated on the grass.

The big test of a man followed. Would he pick it up, or would he big-dog it, claiming he just didn't have a bag and tough luck, I'm just going to have to let that one go?

Brees: "Uh-oh. Now I have to be a good citizen here, y'all.''
King: "Do you have one?'' [A bag, I meant.]
Brees: "Yep. I have to pick this up. Lexis, get out of there! [She is rooting around the pile.] You're not gonna get this on camera, are you?''
King: "Looks like they are. Yeah.''
Brees: "Let me pick this up before they do. [He bends down with a blue newspaper bag and picks it up. Then he addresses a man off-camera] What's that?''
New Orleans stranger: "Can we take a picture with you?''
Brees: "Yeah.''
King: "Give me the bag.''
Brees: "No, no! I'm not gonna give you the bag! I'll set it down. You don't have to hold that.''
Weiner: "Here, let me take that.''
Brees: "No, no, no. That's my job. Come on, there's a trash can right there. I got it. I got it! I'm not gonna make y'all do my dirty work for me!''
King: "It's just a bag!''
Brees: "Yeah, but it's ... she's, uh ... it's my job. It's part of my job. It's daddy duty. It's daddy doggie duty.'' [He deposits the blue newspaper bag with the droppings in a park trash can.]

Second in the MVP voting, first in the all-pro voting at quarterback, and he picks up dog doo. That's what I call a heck of an American.

[Quasimoto]

SI saying Vick to Raiders rumor:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/scorecard/01/22/truth.rumors.nfl/index.html

[Eaglez]

No way. They have to keep Moss and Vick on the same team and not swap them. Can you imagine the antics with Moss, Sapp, and Vick on the same team?

The Raiders would be guaranteed a couple of national TV broadcasts with that crew (not for talent purposes, but because it would be so gosh darn entertaining to see them duke it out).

[rjs246]

Vick to the Raiders is what I was saying the other day. It's the only team that would make any sense, simply because it's the only team that would ever trade anything of value for him.

But I seriously doubt they would give up both of their most talented receivers for him. Maybe one, but both wouldn't make sense.

[Sgt PSN]

gosh darn

Golly gee Beaver, you sure do talk like a sailor. 

[BlueHeart]

[methdeez]

he bottle was found to have a compartment that contained "a small amount of dark particulate and a pungent aroma closely associated with marijuana," the police report said.

So Vick was carrying a water bottle with a "secret" compartment.   And that compartment had a substance that smelled something like pot.


im sure most people have atleast smelled pot.  There is no other smell that comes close to that.


the only other smell involved in this is a smell named COVER UP. 

Untrue. Fresh hops smell very like good bud.

[Eaglez]

gosh darn

Golly gee Beaver, you sure do talk like a sailor. 

There are children around.

[General_Failure]

Somebody needs to start up the Vick to the Skins rumor. Honestly, the jokes write themselves in that deal.

[QB Eagles]

For anyone who still cares about the "Reggie Bush got gifts in college" story: apparently there are tapes.

Small clip of the long story:

SAN DIEGO – A federal investigation into extortion claims by New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush and his family has revealed the existence of taped conversations that could confirm Bush took cash and gifts while he was playing football for the University of Southern California.

Lloyd Lake, an investor in a failed sports marketing agency which attempted to launch with Bush as its first client, is the subject of a grand jury probe into the extortion claims. The agency – called New Era Sports & Entertainment – was founded by Lake and San Diego businessman Michael Michaels. Lake told Yahoo! Sports in August 2006 that he contributed a portion of the cash and gifts allegedly given to Bush and his family as part of an agreement to represent the then-USC running back when he signed an NFL contract.

According to multiple sources in an ongoing Yahoo! Sports investigation, nearly $280,000 in cash, rent and gifts was allegedly given to Bush and his family. Lake and Michaels both said in August 2006 that they planned to file a lawsuit against Bush.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Michael Michaels

Of that whole blurb, this guy's name is the only part that I could give two shteins about.