It's been 24 hours since news broke that LSU's hyper-talented playmaker DB Tyrann Mathieu was kicked off the team for an unspecified violation of team rules. Here's a look at some of the notable reactions to Friday's shocking news gathered over the past day:

  • CBSSports.com's Matt Hinton: "Honey Badger put points on the board, and lifted the entire stadium in the process. Without him, LSU is sacrificing one of the sparks that made last year's run possible, and had so many people convinced that an encore this fall was probable.

    "So let's just say it: Mathieu was the best player on arguably the best team in the country. Now that the former is no longer true, the argument for the latter is much less compelling."

  • ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach: "I'll miss watching the Honey Badger taking what he wanted. I'll miss seeing plays like Tyrann Mathieu's electrifying 92-yard punt return for a touchdown in then-No. 1 LSU's 41-17 rout of Arkansas last season.

    "I'll miss watching Mathieu dance around multiple defenders like he did when Georgia inexplicably punted to him twice in last season's SEC championship game."

  • Michael Bonnette, sports information director at LSU, via Twitter: "1 of toughest days in this business yesterday. Hard to explain to [children] why their favorite player is no longer a Tiger" & "Tyrann's reach/impact: At coffee shop this a.m.; overheard woman in her 40s tell her husband that she cried all day after hearing news."

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