.Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterSep 11, 2024, 06:07 PM ETCloseMike Reiss is actually an NFL press reporter at ESPN and also covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has dealt with the Patriots due to the fact that 1997 as well as participated in ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was called Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year due to the National Athletics Media Association. You can easily observe Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss. FOXBOROUGH, Mass.-- New England Patriots expert quarterback Jacoby Brissett had actually begun his press conference Wednesday early morning when an unpleasant surprise guest collapsed the procedures. It was head coach Jerod Mayo, and in his hand as he walked on the platform was an intense orange Educational institution of Tennessee tshirt." What's up, brother? You forgot something," Mayo pointed out to Brissett, that was actually sitting down and also answering a concern. "Start male!" Publisher's Picks1 RelatedMayo after that handed Brissett the long-sleeve tee, viewing as Brissett put it on. The quarterback claimed, "This is horrible." Mayo saw it in a different way." Excellent. Have a great one," he mentioned smiling, before heading out the door to his office.It was a suggestion of how university rivalries live on in NFL closet spaces, along with how traits have transformed in New England along with Mayo-- who played at Tennessee from 2004 to 2007-- having actually done well Bill Belichick after the latter's 24 seasons as head coach.Mayo as well as No. 3 quarterback Joe Milton III, another Tennessee alum, had made an arrangement with Brissett, an N.C. Condition alumnus, last week.If the No. 24 NC State Wolfpack trumped the No. 14 Tennessee Volunteers on Sunday in Charlotte, N.C., Mayo and Milton would certainly have to use a Wolfpack t shirt before the media. Vice versa for Brissett if Tennessee won.Painfully for Brissett, Tennessee rolled to a 51-10 success over N.C. State.And this was actually the cost he needed to pay.Jerod Mayo arrives during the course of Jacoby Brissett's news conference along with an University of Tennessee hoodie ... and Brissett places it on as part of an arrangement with Tennessee alums Mayo/Joe Milton after Tennessee trumped NC State. pic.twitter.com/n7KyDf4xjnu2014 Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) September 11, 2024.