UTSA -12 (-110) over Marshall
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- UTSA’s roster is not impacted by transfers the way that most other schools are this time of year, which will help them win with some margin.
- The game is being played in the state of Texas, which will work in their favor in a huge way.
The Frisco Bowl is one of the newer college football bowl games. But what it lacks in tenure during the college football bowl schedule, it has made up for in excitement. Here, we break down this year’s Frisco Bowl and take a look back at what has been a pretty interesting history in the short time this bowl game has been around.
2023 Frisco Bowl Analysis
This year, we do get a team from Texas in the Frisco Bowl, with that team being the UTSA Roadrunners. UTSA was one of the best teams in the AAC this season, as they were in the hunt for the AAC title game until the very end of their regular season. All it took was one loss to drop them out of title game contention, given how well Tulane and SMU played this year. But UTSA is poised to bounce back in this contest.
The Roadrunners have a full team at their disposal for this game, as they do not have any opt-out concerns. On top of that, they will have the support of the crowd against a Marshall team that was inconsistent for much of this season. We expect UTSA to run away with this one, but you just never know what can happen during bowl season.
Frisco Bowl History
The Frisco Bowl has been around since 2017, and it has a tie-in to the American Athletic Conference. A team from the AAC is typically slated to face an opponent from any conference, though there have been instances where the AAC was not able to send a team, resulting in a matchup between two squads from other leagues. Below is a history of the teams that have taken part in the Frisco Bowl and which teams have won each edition of the game.
| Year | Winners | Runners-Up |
| 2017 | Louisiana Tech | SMU |
| 2018 | Ohio | San Diego State |
| 2019 | Kent State | Utah State |
| 2021 | San Diego State | UTSA |
| 2022 | Boise State | North Texas |
Bowl Game MVPs
There have only been a handful of MVPs on both sides of the ball in the Frisco Bowl. But a few interesting names have made the list, including a successful USFL quarterback in J’Mar Smith and a successful CFL running back in AJ Ouellette. Below is the full list of offensive and defensive MVPs in this bowl game since its inception.
| Year | Offensive MVP | Defensive MVP | Team |
| 2017 | J’Mar Smith | Amik Robertson | Louisiana Tech |
| 2018 | AJ Ouellette | Evan Croutch | Ohio |
| 2019 | Dustin Crum | Qwuantrezz Knight | Kent State |
| 2021 | Jesse Matthews | CJ Baskerville | San Diego State |
| 2022 | Taylen Green | Ezekial Noa | Boise State |
