If you didn't see my tweet/Facebook post...
I researched back through and including the 2000 season (2011 for Colorado and Utah).
From 2000-14, 25 teams have started a season 2-3, with only six making a bowl that year (24.0%).In that same span, 39 teams have started 3-2, with 18 ultimately making a bowl (46.2%). There have been 29 teams with 2-2 starts, with eight making a bowl game (27.6%).
Hopefully ASU can follow that model Mike Riley had at OSU in which they would struggle early and catch fire late -- I remember that becoming basically a predictable thing each year for the Beavs.
2-2:
29 times, 8 bowls – 27.6%
ASU
2010: 6-6
2009: 4-8
2008: 5-7
2003: 5-7
UofA
2006: 6-6
UCLA
2011: 6-8* (needed waiver)
2010: 4-8
2003: 6-7*
CU
2014: 2-10
2013: 4-8
Utah
2012: 5-7
2011: 8-5*
Cal
2010: 5-7
Stanford
2008: 5-7
2005: 5-6
2003: 4-7
2000: 5-6
Oregon State
2010: 5-7
2009: 8-5*
2008: 9-4*
2007: 9-4*
2006: 10-4*
2005: 5-6
Washington
2010: 7-6*
2009: 5-7
2007: 4-9
WSU
2012: 3-9
2007: 5-7
2000: 4-7
2-3
25 times, 6 bowls = 24.0%
ASU
2010: 6-6
2008: 5-7
2003: 5-7
UofA
2007: 5-7
2006: 6-6
UCLA
2011: 6-8*
2008: 4-8
CU
2014: 2-10
2013: 4-8
Utah
2012: 5-7
2011: 8-5*
Cal
2003: 8-6*
Stanford
2007: 4-8
2003: 4-7
2000: 5-6
Oregon
2004: 5-6
Oregon State
2008: 9-4*
2007: 9-4*
2001: 5-6
Washington
2010: 7-6*
2009: 5-7
2007: 4-9
WSU
2014: 3-9
2012: 3-9
2007: 5-7
3-2
39 times, 18 46.2%
ASU
2009: 4-8
2006: 7-6*
2005: 7-5*
2001: 4-7
UofA
2013: 8-5*
2012: 8-5*
2009: 8-5*
2002: 4-8
2001: 5-6
USC
2014: 9-4*
2013: 10-4*
2002: 11-2*
2000: 5-7
UCLA
2010: 4-8
2009: 7-6*
2003: 6-7
Utah
2013: 5-7
Cal
2011: 7-6*
2010: 5-7
2009: 8-5*
2002: 7-5
Stanford
2014: 8-5*
2009: 8-5*
2008: 5-7
2005: 5-6
2004: 4-7
Oregon State
2010: 5-7
2009: 8-5*
2006: 10-4*
2005: 5-6
Washington
2012: 7-6*
2003: 6-6
2002: 7-6*
WSU
2013: 6-7*
2011: 4-8
2006: 6-6
2005: 4-7
2004: 5-6
2000: 4-7
I researched back through and including the 2000 season (2011 for Colorado and Utah).
From 2000-14, 25 teams have started a season 2-3, with only six making a bowl that year (24.0%).In that same span, 39 teams have started 3-2, with 18 ultimately making a bowl (46.2%). There have been 29 teams with 2-2 starts, with eight making a bowl game (27.6%).
Hopefully ASU can follow that model Mike Riley had at OSU in which they would struggle early and catch fire late -- I remember that becoming basically a predictable thing each year for the Beavs.
2-2:
29 times, 8 bowls – 27.6%
ASU
2010: 6-6
2009: 4-8
2008: 5-7
2003: 5-7
UofA
2006: 6-6
UCLA
2011: 6-8* (needed waiver)
2010: 4-8
2003: 6-7*
CU
2014: 2-10
2013: 4-8
Utah
2012: 5-7
2011: 8-5*
Cal
2010: 5-7
Stanford
2008: 5-7
2005: 5-6
2003: 4-7
2000: 5-6
Oregon State
2010: 5-7
2009: 8-5*
2008: 9-4*
2007: 9-4*
2006: 10-4*
2005: 5-6
Washington
2010: 7-6*
2009: 5-7
2007: 4-9
WSU
2012: 3-9
2007: 5-7
2000: 4-7
2-3
25 times, 6 bowls = 24.0%
ASU
2010: 6-6
2008: 5-7
2003: 5-7
UofA
2007: 5-7
2006: 6-6
UCLA
2011: 6-8*
2008: 4-8
CU
2014: 2-10
2013: 4-8
Utah
2012: 5-7
2011: 8-5*
Cal
2003: 8-6*
Stanford
2007: 4-8
2003: 4-7
2000: 5-6
Oregon
2004: 5-6
Oregon State
2008: 9-4*
2007: 9-4*
2001: 5-6
Washington
2010: 7-6*
2009: 5-7
2007: 4-9
WSU
2014: 3-9
2012: 3-9
2007: 5-7
3-2
39 times, 18 46.2%
ASU
2009: 4-8
2006: 7-6*
2005: 7-5*
2001: 4-7
UofA
2013: 8-5*
2012: 8-5*
2009: 8-5*
2002: 4-8
2001: 5-6
USC
2014: 9-4*
2013: 10-4*
2002: 11-2*
2000: 5-7
UCLA
2010: 4-8
2009: 7-6*
2003: 6-7
Utah
2013: 5-7
Cal
2011: 7-6*
2010: 5-7
2009: 8-5*
2002: 7-5
Stanford
2014: 8-5*
2009: 8-5*
2008: 5-7
2005: 5-6
2004: 4-7
Oregon State
2010: 5-7
2009: 8-5*
2006: 10-4*
2005: 5-6
Washington
2012: 7-6*
2003: 6-6
2002: 7-6*
WSU
2013: 6-7*
2011: 4-8
2006: 6-6
2005: 4-7
2004: 5-6
2000: 4-7
