.Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterSep 11, 2024, 06:07 PM ETCloseMike Reiss is an NFL media reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has actually covered the Patriots because 1997 and also signed up with ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was called Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year due to the National Sports Media Organization. You can easily adhere to Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss. FOXBOROUGH, Mass.-- New England Patriots veteran quarterback Jacoby Brissett had begun his press conference Wednesday morning when a shock visitor plunged the procedures. It was head train Jerod Mayo, as well as in his hand as he strolled on to the system was actually a bright orange Educational institution of Tennessee t shirt." What is actually up, bro? You failed to remember one thing," Mayonnaise claimed to Brissett, who was sitting down and addressing a question. "Begin man!" Editor's Picks1 RelatedMayo after that handed Brissett the long-sleeve tshirt, viewing as Brissett placed it on. The quarterback claimed, "This is dreadful." Mayo viewed it in a different way." Excellent. Have a good one," he stated smiling, before heading out the door to his office.It was a tip of exactly how college rivalries survive in NFL storage locker spaces, along with how things have actually modified in New England with Mayonnaise-- that played at Tennessee from 2004 to 2007-- having actually succeeded Bill Belichick after the latter's 24 times as head coach.Mayo as well as No. 3 quarterback Joe Milton III, another Tennessee alumnus, had actually created a deal along with Brissett, an N.C. Condition alum, final week.If the No. 24 NC State Wolfpack defeated the No. 14 Tennessee Volunteers on Sunday in Charlotte Nc, N.C., Mayonnaise and Milton will must put on a Wolfpack t shirt facing 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 price he needed to pay.Jerod Mayonnaise gets there throughout Jacoby Brissett's press conference along with an University of Tennessee hoodie ... as well as Brissett places it on as part of a deal along with Tennessee alumni Mayo/Joe Milton after Tennessee defeated NC State. pic.twitter.com/n7KyDf4xjnu2014 Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) September 11, 2024.