.Mike Reiss, ESPN Workers WriterSep 11, 2024, 06:07 PM ETCloseMike Reiss is actually an NFL press reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has dealt with the Patriots because 1997 as well as signed up with ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was actually called Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year due to the National Sports Media Association. You can observe Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss. FOXBOROUGH, Mass.-- New England Patriots veteran quarterback Jacoby Brissett had started his press conference Wednesday morning when a shock guest crashed the procedures. It was actually head coach Jerod Mayonnaise, and in his hand as he strolled on the system was a brilliant orange University of Tennessee shirt." What's up, brother? You neglected one thing," Mayonnaise said to Brissett, who was sitting down and addressing a question. "Come on guy!" Publisher's Picks1 RelatedMayo after that handed Brissett the long-sleeve tee, viewing as Brissett placed it on. The quarterback claimed, "This is actually horrible." Mayonnaise saw it differently." Excellent. Possess an excellent one," he pointed out grinning, before going out the door to his office.It was actually a pointer of just how college rivalries survive in NFL storage locker rooms, as well as just how things have modified in New England with Mayonnaise-- that dipped into Tennessee from 2004 to 2007-- having prospered Bill Belichick after the latter's 24 periods as scalp coach.Mayo and No. 3 quarterback Joe Milton III, one more Tennessee alumnus, had made a deal with Brissett, an N.C. Condition alumnus, final week.If the No. 24 NC Condition Wolfpack beat the No. 14 Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday in Charlotte, N.C., Mayo and also Milton will need to use 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 rate he must pay.Jerod Mayo shows up throughout Jacoby Brissett's news conference with an University of Tennessee hoodie ... and Brissett puts it on as component of an agreement with Tennessee alumni Mayo/Joe Milton after Tennessee trumped NC State. pic.twitter.com/n7KyDf4xjnu2014 Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) September 11, 2024.