When Florida State coach Bobby Bowden interviewed Mickey Andrews 26 years ago, they met up at a Tallahassee fast-food restaurant and had cheeseburgers. You can bet the next defensive coordinator won’t be feted at McDonald’s nor will it just be Bowden, despite continued Internet rumors to the contrary.

“It’ll be more of a we; it’ll be more of me and Jimbo,’’ Bowden said of his anointed heir, Jimbo Fisher, contributing mightily to the search.

As for a timetable, Bowden said he would “imagine we’ll start doing it soon,’’ but don’t expect any real progress until after the regular season ends.

“It’s not something I believe in rushing into,’’ he said. “What you do is going to last for years. You’ve got to take your time with it.’’

Rumors are also swirling around the future of the current assistants. Bowden politely ducked that one, saying he really doesn’t know what a new coordinator will want to do (or if he continues to coach a segment) and there is “no sense me talking, speculating on something I’m not sure’’ about.