New ESPN Article With a Little Bit of New Info

Pete Thamel and Chris Low. There's only a couple paragraphs that provide any new information, which I will quote below:

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Auburn has also been interviewing current assistant coaches and staffers about Harsin, sources have told ESPN. Some of those interviews took place Sunday and others were expected to spill over into Monday. The coaches and staffers were asked about some alleged issues that have arisen during Harsin's tenure, with the idea of drilling in on what's factual, per sources.

Auburn has used outside legal counsel in at least some of these interviews, which includes an outside firm Auburn has used previously, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, and an attorney there, Henry Gimenez, who specializes in collegiate sports.

The inquiry into Harsin is being run by university administration outside of the school's athletic department, as this is being viewed as an overall institutional decision and not one under the purview of the athletic department.

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So in conclusion:

1) Auburn is bringing in the lawyers which means this has moved far beyond a case of Greene or others just asking around for info. They are having lawyers sit in on all witness interviews which means this is a very serious situation (at least from AU's viewpoint).

2) The AD has nothing to do with any of it. It seems like it is being ran by the BoT or some other higher authority. I am not sure why this is. It could be that the AD cannot be trusted to run the investigation (at least the BoT doesn't trust them for whatever reason).

TL;DR - It's a shite show. Alan Greene is AWOL. BoT running show. Lawyers involved. Harsin is almost certainly gone.