Jerraud Powers leaving for the NFL.

The JCCW has a great writeup on the recent happenings. The “grandmom picks out a coat” analogy is beautiful.

Chizik hires Trooper Taylor. Update: Done deal.

Coleman is staying. 2009 is looking up.

Thanks, Utah. I’m feeling a little better about the spread now.

Report: Chizik hires a guy with a cool mustache for RB coach.

Terry Bowden named head coach at UNA.

Ronnie Brown demonstrates Malzahn’s Wild[noun] formation. Also, Sen’Derrick Marks will be leaving for the NFL.

Arthur Gustav Malzahn III is hired as OC. This is fantastic news. I’m a fan of his work.

Al Borges hired as OC at San Diego State.

In 1992, Paul Finebaum put together a list of possible coaches to replace Pat Dye. Tommy Tuberville was near the top of the list with 4-1 odds. Terry Bowden was absent from the list of 18 candidates. Also, Google Trends is fun; Gene Chizik vs. Turner Gill vs. Dick Cheney.

Charles Barkey gets shoes thrown at him. And you’ve probably already heard that Paul Rhoads is Iowa State’s new head coach.

Is Auburn ‘Pat Dye country‘ again? Is anyone else scared? Also, Terry Bowden’s name is being mentioned for the Iowa State job. Ha.

The New Yorker compares scouting NFL quarterbacks to scouting school teachers.

J.M. Comer at The WER uses Poe to describe his feelings. I’m not as glum, but it’s a good read none the less. Also, Al.com has an article about how Jacobs called AD offices instead of calling agents when hunting for a coach. Apparently, this method has little chance of bringing any ‘big names’ into the search. Once again, there’s no Auburner update today - my opinion on this stuff changes by the hour.

Pat Dye makes some interesting comments on Finebaum’s show. What do you guys think of Dye’s obvious but unofficial role of power in Auburn athletics? Also, a popular Michigan blogger dissects the Tuberville resignation/firing rumor of the day.

There’s not much news today, only depressing commentary from the media. I’ll finally have an article posted tonight. In the meantime, keep the comments interesting.

Reader Jonathan Ryan shows us how one engineer took the news of Chizik’s hiring. In other coaching news, here’s a nice roundup of other coaching searches around the country. Turner Gill is on the top of Iowa State’s list and Al Borges’ name is being thrown around for various OC positions.

Notes from the press conference.

Evan Woodberry mentions Al Borges as a possible hire for OC. It still seems like a long shot though.

Gene Chizik lands in Auburn. What do you think?

Jay Jacob lands in Auburn. Very, very, very surreal.

Whenever Auburn football gets me depressed, I always look forward to the writings of Will Collier to calm me down and tell me that everything will be ok. Collier has failed.

The Birmingham News reports that it’s Gene Chizik.

Hire Al Borges as OC, Gene.

Rivals.com is reporting that Gene Chizik will be Auburn’s next coach. I’m hoping this is an elaborate plan by Jay Jacobs to get us all to rally behind Turner Gill. Think about it, if Jacobs hired Gill last week - many Auburn fans would be questioning his ability. After interviewing Chizik, Nix and every other mid major coach with a questionable record - Gill looks to be awesome. Please. Please. Please, let this be the case.

From Philip Marshall - “In the end, sources close to the search say, the two finalists were Chizik and Buffalo coach Turner Gill. And the nod, at least for now, has gone to Chizik.”

It sounds like Auburn might end up with Turner Gill, but if we do, it will totally be by accident. Jacobs will have failed at failing and thus succeeded.

New articles coming tonight. Thanks for the link, Walt. (I’ve stolen the past few links from comments from the previous post.)

Muschamp called the Mobile Fox news station to tell them their report was a lie. Fox 10 reports this as “Muschamp speaks with Fox10” as if they landed an exclusive interview (which they did).

Muschamp says he’s not leaving Texas. I believe it even though his last two mentors were Tommy Tuberville and Nick Saban. The JCCW believes Gary Paterson of TCU to be the new frontrunner.

Turner Gill handling the media. Listen to Buffalo’s AD talk about Gill at the end of the video as well.

Mobile’s Fox affiliate says it’s “most likely” Muschamp and it will be announced tomorrow. WSFA in Huntsville says it “could be” Spurrier and it “may” be announced tomorrow.

Dr. Saturday explains why hiring from within the SEC isn’t necessary (or even a good idea). Also, CFN gives the case for hiring Turner Gill. Auburn hasn’t contacted Gill since his initial interview which probably isn’t a good sign for him. In other coach search news - arrested Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich kinda looks like Will Muschamp.

Hugh Nall has accepted a job as an executive at a trucking company. I imagine that ten years from now, all of Tuberville’s former assistants will be in other lines of work. Like in the Blues Brothers (and many other movies), Tuberville will have to assemble his old team again by convincing each former staff member to leave their new and calm lives behind to help beat Saban and keep him from tearing down orphanages.

Word on the street is moving away from Turner Gill and towards… Steve Spurrier? When I was a kid, I considered Spurrier as a sort of super villain. It’d be like Shredder or Dr. Claw becoming Auburn’s head coach.

Auburn interviews Louisiana Tech’s Derek Dooley. Also, ESPN was right, Ball State’s Brady Hoke will interview as well. Hoke appeared on Letterman last night. Did anyone watch it?

What’s the deal with this “protest” I keep hearing about?

Before bing fired Sylvester Croom offered Al Borges to be Mississippi State’s OC for 2009. In other Borges news, a few days ago, Al Borges said on CSS’s Sportsnite that he’d join Auburn’s staff “in a heartbeat” if offered.