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‘This is terrible’: Jacoby Brissett pays price after losing bet to Jerod Mayo

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‘This is terrible’: Jacoby Brissett pays price after losing bet to Jerod Mayo

Patriots’ Jacoby Brissett wears Tennessee shirt after losing bet to Jerod Mayo

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Jacoby Brissett pays off bet with Jerod Mayo with Vols sweatshirt (0:25)

Jerod Mayo delivers a Tennessee sweatshirt to Jacoby Brissett after the Volunteers defeated Brissett’s alma mater, NC State. (0:25)

  • Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterSep 11, 2024, 06:07 PM ET

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      Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can follow Reiss on Twitter at @MikeReiss.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots veteran quarterback Jacoby Brissett had started his news conference Wednesday morning when a surprise visitor crashed the proceedings. It was head coach Jerod Mayo, and in his hand as he walked on to the platform was a bright orange University of Tennessee shirt.

“What’s up, bro? You forgot something,” Mayo said to Brissett, who was sitting down and answering a question. “Come on man!”

Mayo then handed Brissett the long-sleeve shirt, watching as Brissett put it on. The quarterback said, “This is terrible.”

Mayo viewed it differently.

“Fantastic. Have a good one,” he said smiling, before heading out the door to his office.

It was a reminder of how college rivalries live on in NFL locker rooms, as well as how things have changed in New England with Mayo — who played at Tennessee from 2004 to 2007 — having succeeded Bill Belichick after the latter’s 24 seasons as head coach.

Mayo and No. 3 quarterback Joe Milton III, another Tennessee alum, had made an agreement with Brissett, an N.C. State alum, last week.

If the No. 24 NC State Wolfpack beat the No. 14 Tennessee Volunteers on Saturday in Charlotte, N.C., Mayo and Milton would have to wear a Wolfpack shirt in front of 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 had to pay.

Jerod Mayo arrives during Jacoby Brissett’s news conference with a University of Tennessee hoodie … and Brissett puts it on as part of an agreement with Tennessee alums Mayo/Joe Milton after Tennessee beat NC State. pic.twitter.com/n7KyDf4xjn

— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) September 11, 2024

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