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The Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl routinely features some of collegiate sports’ greatest players and coaches to help kick off the college football season at the annual Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl Kickoff Dinner, and 2026’s version of the event will welcome former LSU great and Super Bowl champion, Tyrann Mathieu, as the featured speaker on Monday, August 17.

The 2026 Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl Kickoff Dinner featuring Tyrann Mathieu is set for Monday, August 17 at the Shreveport Convention Center. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. for a cocktail hour, and dinner buffets will be available starting at 6:15 p.m. The program will begin at 7 p.m. and conclude with a Q&A session.

Individual tickets to the event are on sale for $75 apiece, and a table of eight is $600. Fans can purchase tickets at RadianceTechnologiesIndependenceBowl.com/product/kickoff-dinner or by calling the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl office at 318.221.0712 or toll-free at 888.414.BOWL.

Mathieu rose to prominence as a member of the LSU Tigers in 2010 and 2011, as he was college football’s premier game-changer, causing turnovers on defense and scoring electric touchdowns on special teams. He enhanced his game-breaking reputation in the National Football League (NFL) during his 12-year career, being named First-Team All-Pro three times and Second-Team All-Pro once. He was also a key member of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl LIV-winning defense.

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Posted by ShreveportTiger19871

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Posted on 6/28/26 at 1:19 am to Jim Rockford

Nice! Thanks for posting, live in Shreveport. Will definitely be going to see the honey badger speak!

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Posted by In The Know

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Posted on 6/28/26 at 3:26 am to Jim Rockford

Cannot believe that is still a thing

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Posted by hghlndk

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Posted on 6/29/26 at 6:07 am to In The Know

I would love to meet TM7 in person. Good lord he was incredible to watch. He made 2-3 plays a game that were game changers. Many really good players would make 2-3 plays like that in a season. He was so damn special. I sure wish he would’ve stopped smoking weed or that our compliance department wasn’t so strict. I remember some other schools never having anyone suspended.
Checked my calendar, that’s the first day back school for Loyola upperclassmen.
Hopefully we don’t have football practice that evening, but I would imagine that we do.
Loyola has a great offense again this year. Going to be fun to watch.
Not sure how many of yall keep up with us. Our QB was the 2nd leading passer in the state behind Pop. He was actually ahead of Pop for the first few games of the season.
Last season we had a first round bye going into the playoffs. We had a championship level team.
Then Our QB gets mono and can’t play for the rest of the playoffs. Needless to say the backups weren’t near his level.
He is back for his senior year. Gonna be some fireworks.
I watched Evangel all through the 90’s. The offenses are quite similar.

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Posted by Jack Crevalle