Thanks, I can believe root bound, overwatered though? It's pretty freakin dry by the second day (48 hours later), and pot is lighter (as some were saying is a good test).
At this stage of the game should my buddy go buy a bigger pot (from 2G to 3Gallon), and add some more soil in the space created? Or would that shock the plant since it seems to be on the final days anyway? Any advice I can share on next steps would be great. They seem pretty up close, stinky, and sticky, would hate to loose them because of a simple problem.

IRYDYUM: Yeah the book is good, unfortunately not very clear on a lot of details that would be helpful for first timers, instead of some of the stuff he talks about, more details on what exactly he is doing would be good. It was a recommended read, and will never be worse off, but could be a lot better. I will say my buddy has done pretty well with the CFL's, with possible exception to the stretch (which I think is partially it's species as well) it has done pretty good in the light, and think it is adequate, I don't have faith this bag seed would have produced too much more volume with a better/more expensive setup that would have been out of reach for my buddy anyway. So he was just seeing if he could get something, and it definitely appears he has something for a first timer.