SMU -12.5 (-110) over Boston College
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- SMU is the more motivated team going into bowl season, as they aim to prove that they deserved the New Year’s Six bowl spot out of the Group of Five over Liberty.
- BC has lost three games in a row coming into this contest and none of them were particularly close.
The Fenway Bowl is one of the newer college football bowl games. As is the case in Major League Baseball, the Boston Red Sox are trying to catch up to the New York Yankees, only in this case is it by launching a bowl game rather than trying to win championships. But this game has a lot of promise as it looks to become a fixture in the college football bowl schedule. Here, we look at this year’s Fenway Bowl and at the brief history of the game.
2023 Fenway Bowl Analysis
This year’s Fenway Bowl pits the SMU Mustangs against the Boston College Eagles. BC will be playing what is virtually a home game in their home city of Boston. They will also have an edge playing in cold weather, something SMU is not accustomed to. But the talent level on the field is an area where SMU definitely has the advantage.
SMU also has a motivational edge, as this game will be seen as a step down for BC out of the ACC. Meanwhile, SMU is looking to win with margin to prove that it should have been them representing the Group of Five in the New Year’s Six. That should help us get to a win for SMU, but you just never know during bowl season.
Fenway Bowl History
The history of the Fenway Bowl began in 2022, when Louisville and Cincinnati played the first edition of the game. This game has tie-ins with the American Athletic Conference and the ACC, which has allowed Boston College to play in the game in 2023. Below is the list of Fenway Bowl participants and winners from this game so far.
| Year | Winners | Runners-Up |
| 2022 | Louisville | Cincinnati |
Bowl Game MVPs
The Fenway Bowl will have offensive and defensive MVPs awarded each year, if the first year of the game’s history is any indication. Below is the current list of offensive and defensive MVPs in the game, a list that should grow substantially as this game puts some years behind it and more editions are played.
| Year | Offensive MVP | Defensive MVP | Team |
| 2022 | Jawhar Jordan | Monty Montgomery | Louisville |
