.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 due to the fact that 1997 as well as joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was called Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can easily follow Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss. FOXBOROUGH, Mass.-- New England Patriots professional quarterback Jacoby Brissett had actually started his press conference Wednesday morning when a shock site visitor collapsed the procedures. It was head coach Jerod Mayonnaise, and in his hand as he strolled on the platform was actually a vivid orange University of Tennessee t-shirt." What is actually up, bro? You forgot something," Mayonnaise pointed out to Brissett, who was sitting and responding to a concern. "Come on male!" Publisher's Picks1 RelatedMayo at that point handed Brissett the long-sleeve tee, checking out as Brissett placed it on. The quarterback said, "This is actually awful." Mayonnaise watched it in different ways." Fantastic. Have a good one," he said grinning, before leaving the door to his office.It was a tip of how college rivalries live on in NFL storage locker rooms, and also just how points have actually altered in New England with Mayonnaise-- who dipped into Tennessee from 2004 to 2007-- having actually done well Costs Belichick after the latter's 24 times as head coach.Mayo and No. 3 quarterback Joe Milton III, one more Tennessee alum, had made an agreement along with Brissett, an N.C. State alumnus, final week.If the No. 24 NC State Wolfpack trumped the No. 14 Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday in Charlotte, N.C., Mayo as well as Milton would certainly have to wear a Wolfpack tshirt before the media. The other way around for Brissett if Tennessee won.Painfully for Brissett, Tennessee rolled to a 51-10 victory over N.C. State.And this was the price he must pay.Jerod Mayonnaise gets here in the course of Jacoby Brissett's news conference along with an University of Tennessee hoodie ... and Brissett places it on as aspect of an arrangement along with Tennessee alumni Mayo/Joe Milton after Tennessee trumped NC Condition. pic.twitter.com/n7KyDf4xjnu2014 Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) September 11, 2024.