.Mike Reiss, ESPN Team WriterSep 11, 2024, 06:07 PM ETCloseMike Reiss is an NFL press reporter at ESPN and also deals with the New England Patriots. Reiss has actually dealt with the Patriots because 1997 as well as joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Athletics Media Organization. You can easily adhere to Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss. FOXBOROUGH, Mass.-- New England Patriots expert quarterback Jacoby Brissett had started his news conference Wednesday early morning when an unpleasant surprise visitor crashed the process. It was actually head train Jerod Mayo, as well as in his palm as he walked on to the system was a vivid orange University of Tennessee shirt." What's up, brother? You forgot something," Mayonnaise pointed out to Brissett, who was taking a seat as well as responding to a question. "Begin male!" Editor's Picks1 RelatedMayo after that handed Brissett the long-sleeve tshirt, enjoying as Brissett put it on. The quarterback said, "This is horrendous." Mayonnaise saw it in a different way." Amazing. Possess an excellent one," he mentioned smiling, before heading out the door to his office.It was actually a pointer of how college rivalries survive in NFL closet areas, along with just how things have actually altered in New England along with Mayonnaise-- that dipped into Tennessee from 2004 to 2007-- having actually been successful Expense Belichick after the latter's 24 times as head coach.Mayo as well as No. 3 quarterback Joe Milton III, yet another Tennessee alum, had created an arrangement with Brissett, an N.C. State alumnus, last week.If the No. 24 NC Condition Wolfpack trumped the No. 14 Tennessee Volunteers on Sunday in Charlotte Nc, N.C., Mayo and Milton will need to wear a Wolfpack shirt in front of the media. Vice versa for Brissett if Tennessee won.Painfully for Brissett, Tennessee rolled to a 51-10 victory over N.C. State.And this was the cost he must pay.Jerod Mayonnaise arrives throughout Jacoby Brissett's press conference along with an Educational institution of Tennessee hoodie ... and also Brissett puts it on as part of a contract with Tennessee alumni Mayo/Joe Milton after Tennessee trumped NC State. pic.twitter.com/n7KyDf4xjnu2014 Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) September 11, 2024.