Earlier today, I noted how Reggie Bush’s false extortion charge against sports marketing agent Lloyd Lake is what really brought down the USC football program. (Thanks to the resulting audio tape evidence of Bush and his family taking improper benefits from Lake and Michael Michaels.)

(Suge Knight: USC Football Game Sideline Pass)

One of the two reporters who originally broke that Bush story, Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports, gave us a clue today on Twitter as to why Bush might’ve claimed to the Feds that Lake was trying to extort money from him.

Ok, so here’s the deal. At one point when this got crazy, Lloyd Lake reached out to Suge Knight to resolve his dispute with Reggie Bush.

Lloyd did this through Faizon Love…and actor and comedian who has been in a lot of movies and on TV.

As in, Suge Knight, Death Row records CEO and man who supposedly hung Vanilla Ice off a hotel balcony by his legs. Read more…

RAP KINGPIN SUGE KNIGHT SPOTTED ON USC SIDELINES: When he’s not getting into gang fights or dangling white rappers off of balconies, Suge Knight is busy supporting USC athletics:

DEUCE OF DAVENPORT tries keeps it on the downlow, but they’ve spotted the ex-rap mogul & ex-con roaming the Trojans sidelines last Saturday night.What’s the founder of Death Row Records doing chatting it up with Pete Carroll? Maybe giving the coach some smack talk pointers before this week’s game against DeSean Jackson & the Cal Golden Bears.

The LOS ANGELES TIMES needs the public’s help, so they’ve set up a poll to answer the question of Suge’s appearance.

So, what do folks think Knight was doing during his Coliseum stay?