The Southeastern Conference spring meetings continue in Destin, Fla., today and, as expected, there has been no shortage of news.

Plenty of topics to cover. Much of it is Arkansas related, too. So the best thing to do is just dive right in:

• First, check out this bit of information from ESPN’s Chris Low. It seems the SEC is considering sponsoring legislation to the NCAA that would put a cap on how many football players a program can sign each year. The number thrown about is 28. It’s an interesting idea, one that would’ve changed the way Arkansas did things last winter when it signed 32 players.

• Tony Barnhart has a notebook full of items from the meetings. The first thing he offers his opinion on is the fact that the American Football Coaches Association has decided to make a coach’s top 25 poll private beginning in 2010. In case you didn’t know, the vote, which plays a part in the BCS formula, has been public. Barnhart believes it’s a bad move to keep it quiet.

• SEC commish Mike Slive has also had a stern message for his men’s basketball coaches this week. After seeing the SEC get only three teams in the 2009 NCAA Tournament he believes tougher nonconference schedule are a must. Ron Higgins of the Memphis Commercial Appeal has an interesting story on Slive’s push to toughen schedules in Wednesday’s paper. Arkansas may have had the worst season in the SEC last year, but might’ve played one of the tougher nonconference schedules.

• The topic we’ve heard most about is obvious: Telling football coaches to cool it. There have been plenty of stories written about it from Destin this week. Here’s one more look at what Slive said from Jon Solomon of the Birmingham News. Warning: Houston Nut quotes included.