WATCH: Patriots’ Jacoby Brissett pays up on Tennessee vs. NC State wager with Jerod Mayo, Joe Milton

When Brissett took to the rostrum for his media availability on Wednesday, Mayo got here up and introduced him with a vibrant orange Tennessee hoodie. Brissett stepped down and threw it on earlier than providing a short rationalization of the wardrobe change.

“NC State dropping to Tennessee, him and Joe,” Brissett stated.

Brissett, who spent the 2014 and 2015 seasons at NC State, by no means had a lot hope that he would win the wager. Tennessee throttled the Wolfpack, 51-10, in a sport that bought out of hand within the second half.

The Wolfpack solely generated 143 yards of offense and transformed simply 25% of their third downs. That needed to please Mayo, a former Volunteers linebacker who earned first-team All-SEC honors in 2007.

Fortunately for Brissett, he did not have to attend lengthy to clean the style of defeat out of his mouth. On Sunday, he and the Patriots pulled off an upset of the Bengals, 16-10. Brissett accomplished 15 of his 24 passes for 121 yards whereas including 32 yards on the bottom.