A lot's happened in the Auburn coaching search so far. Here's a quick rundown of some candidates:

• Turner Gill, Buffalo head coach: Interviewed in New York with Auburn athletic director Jay Jacobs for the job Monday.

• Rodney Garner, Georgia assistant: Also interviewed, had no comment about the proceedings.

• Patrick Nix, Miami offensive coordinator: Had talks with Auburn sometime before Monday, not considered a serious candidate for the job.

• Jimbo Fisher, Florida State head coach-in-waiting: Said he is "happy" at Florida State, did not flatly say he would not be Auburn's coach in 2009 while at Montgomery Quarterback Club on Monday.

• Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech head coach: Rumored to be a candidate, angling to get a raise in Atlanta.

• Houston Nutt, Ole Miss head coach: Rumored to be a candidate, has already gotten a big raise in Oxford.

• Brady Hoke, Ball State head coach: ESPN reported he would interview; he adamantly denied the report.

Jacobs has made only one public statement about the search so far to the Birmingham News, who has a reporter in New York for the College Football Hall of Fame gathering:

"We're going through this process as official as we can. We're going to do it the right way. We're not talking to anybody until we talk to their athletics director. That's the way we're going to do things. We'll continue to interview folks over the next few days. We'll be very thorough."