OK -- Here are the only candidates that we know for a fact Pollard has interviewed:
Jim Harbaugh
Jay Norvell
Brian Kelly
For all we know there could have been others interviewed. We do know that several others were contacted but expressed no interest (see Chizik, potentially Kragthorpe, etc.)
(1) If the above list really is it, I have to believe that most people on this list weren't interested. If that's true, then the whole argument that no one wants to coach at
ISU has to hold some sort of water. I never believed it, but I have a hard time believing Pollard executed an extensive search if the 3 above were the only few that interviewed.
(2) If the above list is all Pollard cared to interview, he's crazy.
(3) Several others interviewed.
I have a feeling that (1) is the most likely answer. I'm sure more than the above 3 were interviewed, but I have a feeling some of the top names didn't have any interest. If Brian Kelly really was #1 from Day One, then Pollard has seen something about him that we haven't.