.Mike Reiss, ESPN Workers WriterSep 11, 2024, 06:07 PM ETCloseMike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN as well as covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has dealt with the Patriots given that 1997 as well as participated in ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was actually called Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year due to the National Sports Media Organization. You can easily observe Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss. FOXBOROUGH, Mass.-- New England Patriots veteran quarterback Jacoby Brissett had begun his news conference Wednesday early morning when an unpleasant surprise site visitor crashed the procedures. It was actually head train Jerod Mayonnaise, and also in his palm as he strolled on to the platform was actually a vivid orange University of Tennessee tee shirt." What is actually up, bro? You failed to remember something," Mayo mentioned to Brissett, who was actually sitting and answering an inquiry. "Begin male!" Editor's Picks1 RelatedMayo after that handed Brissett the long-sleeve tshirt, seeing as Brissett placed it on. The quarterback stated, "This is actually horrible." Mayo watched it in a different way." Wonderful. Possess an excellent one," he said grinning, prior to going out the door to his office.It was actually a reminder of how university rivalries reside on in NFL storage locker areas, along with how factors have altered in New England along with Mayonnaise-- that played at Tennessee from 2004 to 2007-- having done well Expense Belichick after the latter's 24 times as head coach.Mayo and also No. 3 quarterback Joe Milton III, an additional Tennessee alum, had actually created an arrangement with Brissett, an N.C. State alumnus, last week.If the No. 24 NC Condition Wolfpack defeated the No. 14 Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday in Charlotte, N.C., Mayo and Milton will must put on a Wolfpack tee shirt before the media. The other way around for Brissett if Tennessee won.Painfully for Brissett, Tennessee spun to a 51-10 victory over N.C. State.And this was the price he must pay.Jerod Mayo gets here during Jacoby Brissett's news conference along with an Educational institution of Tennessee hoodie ... as well as Brissett puts it on as aspect of a contract along with Tennessee alumni Mayo/Joe Milton after Tennessee trumped NC Condition. pic.twitter.com/n7KyDf4xjnu2014 Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) September 11, 2024.