It was reprted on one of the news channels late last night that the A/C had returned to stand due to a problem with an OAT sensor/gauge (not sure which). I don't know much about the MD80 but is the OAT gauge an MEL item?
If OAT is not correctly applied to performance calculations and something unrelated occurres leading to loss of engine power after v1 i would think that there would potentially be some real control issues. It is easy given the position of the A/C to see how it could have stalled & "toppled" to the right.