.Mike Reiss, ESPN Personnel WriterSep 11, 2024, 06:07 PM ETCloseMike Reiss is an NFL media reporter at ESPN as well as covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots considering that 1997 and signed up with ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was actually named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year due to the National Sports Media Association. You can follow Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss. FOXBOROUGH, Mass.-- New England Patriots pro quarterback Jacoby Brissett had actually started his news conference Wednesday early morning when an unpleasant surprise guest crashed the process. It was actually head coach Jerod Mayonnaise, and also in his hand as he strolled on the system was actually an intense orange College of Tennessee tee shirt." What's up, brother? You overlooked something," Mayo stated to Brissett, that was actually sitting down as well as responding to a concern. "Begin man!" Publisher's Picks1 RelatedMayo at that point handed Brissett the long-sleeve tshirt, viewing as Brissett placed it on. The quarterback said, "This is horrendous." Mayo watched it in a different way." Fantastic. Have a really good one," he stated grinning, prior to heading out the door to his office.It was actually a pointer of exactly how university rivalries reside on in NFL locker spaces, along with how points have altered in New England along with Mayo-- that played at Tennessee coming from 2004 to 2007-- having actually succeeded Expense Belichick after the latter's 24 seasons as head coach.Mayo and No. 3 quarterback Joe Milton III, one more Tennessee alumnus, had created a deal along with Brissett, an N.C. State alum, final week.If the No. 24 NC Condition Wolfpack defeated the No. 14 Tennessee Volunteers on Sunday in Charlotte, N.C., Mayonnaise and Milton will must wear a Wolfpack shirt facing the media. Vice versa for Brissett if Tennessee won.Painfully for Brissett, Tennessee spun to a 51-10 victory over N.C. State.And this was the cost he had to pay.Jerod Mayo arrives in the course of Jacoby Brissett's press conference along with an University of Tennessee hoodie ... and Brissett puts it on as part of an agreement along with Tennessee alums Mayo/Joe Milton after Tennessee beat NC Condition. pic.twitter.com/n7KyDf4xjnu2014 Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) September 11, 2024.