The University of Florida football program has released its 2011 football poster for the upcoming season.

The front of the poster features senior quarterback John Brantley who looks to play a huge role in this years run, senior running back Jeff Demps and defensive end William Green. Also the frightening orange eyed Gator that lies on top of the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

It’s hard not to notice new head coach Will Muschamp right dead in the middle of the poster with a petrified stare that may intimidate the SEC…. well players that is.

I am curious to hear what kind of pose the photographer who took the picture told Muschamp to do. Is that a face to scare people or is it a face he made after giving up a touchdown?

Florida Gator junior Xavier Nixon received the opportunity to join 65 players on the Outland trophy watch list.

The list features only tackles, guards and centers. The list was cut down to only 6 tackles only, and the rest were all offensive lineman. The Outland Trophy winner will be chosen from three finalists who are part of the FWAA All-America Team. The three finalists for the award will be announced on November 21.

The trophy has been presented ever since 1946 which is the third oldest presentation award in college football history. The award was named after John Outland, an All-America lineman at Penn and Kansas. The winner of the 66th Outland Trophy will be announced during the ESPY awards show at The Home Depot College Football Awards on December 8 which will be aired on ESPN.

Xavier Nixon contributed in 12 games last season for the Gators, starting eight times.

Florida Gator sophomore safety Matt Elam has been added to the 2011 Jim Thorpe Award watch list. The award is given to the best defensive back in the Nation.

Elam played in every game last season for the Gators, collecting 22 tackles (16 of those were solo), and was the top secondary player. Not to mention Elam saw plenty of playing time out on special teams.

The watch list is created by the Jim Thorpe Awards committee and has 37 players throughout the Nation on the list. The winner will be announced on December 8 on The Home Depot College Football Awards Show on ESPN. Good luck to Matt Elam and all other players.

ESPN’s Bruce Feldman has recently released his list of the 2011 college football freak list and guess who was out on top?…. Jeff Demps. Not only is Demps a start out on the field, but he is also the NCAA back-to-back indoor track titles in the 60- meter dash and he capped on with the 100-meter outdoor title as well. Can’t you say he IS a freak?

Gathered by Feldman’s story online;

“Demps, who led the Gators in rushing last season with 551 yards despite missing some time due to a foot injury, arrived at Florida weighing 170 pounds, and is expected to play this fall at 188. Gators strength coach Mickey Marotti says the back can squat “an ungodly amount of weight.” And despite the added pounds, Demps has gotten faster. “He was a 10.1 guy, is now a 9.9 guy and probably will be a 9.8 guy,” said Marotti, who adds that Demps has really improved his acceleration.

Demps isn’t actually in the top five Gators when it comes to his first 10 yards. Teammate Chris Rainey’s is tops at UF, with a 1.49 10-yard split (Demps is at 1.57), but it’s Demps’ closing speed that is jaw-dropping. His “Flying 20″ — which the Gators gauge as a player’s electronic time for the final 20 yards of his 40 — is a blistering 1.76 seconds. (Both Rainey and former Gators speedster Percy Harvin measured in the 1.8s.)”

Demps attended but did not participate in this past Orange and Blue debut so he could focus on track.

The word going on right now is that Janoris Jenkins may be transferring to North Alabama, a division II school. According to a tweet by Shane Hallam, Jenkins is just waited to be approved from the NCAA b before he joins Terry Bowden.

Jenkins, who was honored with First-Team All SEC was dismissed from the team during last month after being arrested for the third time in the past two years. Not to mention it was his second Marijuana charge during a three month process.

He is also trying to hire an agent to enter the NFL’s supplemental draft, that is if there is one. If it doesn’t happen, Jenkins will have the chance to play at North Alabama and then he may enter next years NFL draft in April.

The University of Florida released the contract details for new head coach Will Muschamp. Muschamp will earn $13.75 million if he stays the five years, which is an average of $2.75 million per year.

According to Antonya English, Muschamp will get $278,846.31 his first year and $250,000 for the following four seasons. Not to mention he will also receive $1.7 million for his appearances on television, the radio and other public media relations and a one time signing bonus worth $750,000.

If coach Muschamp does stay for the five years, he will get a $500,000 retention bonus check that would be paid on January 31 of 2016. But say he were to leave early or find another job he would have to pay that same exact amount back. And if he got fired he would still receive $2 million annually until his contract comes to an end.

New Florida head coach Will Muschamp was almost sure somebody would select former Gator safety Ahmad Black, and that team was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Black, who was the MVP of the 2011 Outback Bowl, was chosen by the Bucs in the fifth round of the draft and the 151st overall. Black is known to be undersized to play at the big level, but others think differently. Both Mel Kiper and Muschamp think Black has every capability to play in the NFL and I’m behind that one hundred percent.

Black led Florida in tackles last season with 102, which put him eighth in the Country.

Teammate Marcus Gilbert was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the second round. Gilbert will join former teammate Maurkice Pouncey on the O-line. Gilbert started 30 out of 52 games he played and was named third-team all-SEC selection and was picked to play in the under-armour senior bowl.