Daily Bullets (July 16)

Open Championship

Good morning, Jordan Niebrugge set a record at St. Andrews before you woke up. (CBS)

When will America start caring about Jordan Spieth? Yep. (NewsOK)

Five things I love about this year’s event (ignore the Tiger part!) (CBS)

Football misc.

Great Q&A here with Darrion Daniels. These young boys got some fight in them. These young boys are going to get older and they’ll be the ones giving these whuppins. (ESPN)

OSU was just one Central university away from the hat-trick. (CRFF)

Bret Bielema says beating Texas was “borderline erotic.” (Yahoo)

Game of Thrones, Big 12 style. I don’t watch the show, but this seems like it would be spot-on. (CRFF)

I love that Kyle Boone is doing this. 50 days until football season! (PFB)

The football team played a softball game on Wednesday and MYGOSH SOMEBODY WRAP MASON IN BUBBLE WRAP! (okstate)

Elite 11 takes: The weight room needs to be a second home for Starkel over the next three years. It’s hard to argue with Oklahoma State’s ability to evaluate QBs and Mike Gundy has rarely been forced to play many early. With some long-term upside, that’s a good thing for Starkel. (ESPN Insider)

The identity of various conferences (and the teams that play in those conferences). (SB Nation)

Three Pokes are on the All-Big 12 first team. (PFB)

Dez gets paid

Dez: “I smiled the whole way over here — I couldn’t even say nothing but just smile and laugh, because I couldn’t believe it. All I could just think about is that it’s a dream — a dream come true. I think the only thing that’s missing is a Super Bowl.” (ESPN)

Dez signs contract, Boone sends incredible tweet. (PFB)

National football news

Let’s check in on Austin … straight fire. (Dallas Morning News)

Michigan got $170 million to wear Nike (and that was the lowest bid?!) #AmateurAthletics (MLive)

Hoops misc.

Jenni Carlson catches up with Obi Muonelo. Interesting stuff. (NewsOK)

Well, this is awesome.

More stuff I’m reading

How Facebook’s news feed actually works. (Time)

The technology racket. (Godin)