To know where you are in the present, sometimes you have to look into your past.

For some, that can be a fun, healthy endeavor. For others, well, not so much.

Still, we're paying homage to the past and how it's affected the present in the SEC this week by taking a look at where each program was 10 years ago and where it currently stands. Some programs have made big leaps, some have steadied the course, and others, well, they're yearning for the days of old.

We continue the series with a look at Missouri Tigers:

2006 record: 8-5 (4-4 Big 12)

2006 coach: Gary Pinkel

Notable: The Tigers raced out to a 6-0 start, the team’s first such start since 1973 and cracked the Top 25. However, Mizzou lost four of its final six regular-season games to finish up 8-4 and tied for second in the Big 12 North Division. One of those losses, to Iowa State, was particularly gut-wrenching because the Tigers scored what looked like the potential game-winning touchdown in the final minute but it was called back for holding, a call the Big 12 later acknowledged was incorrect. It was Chase Daniel’s first season as a full-time starter and the sophomore put up big numbers, throwing for 3,527 yards and 28 touchdowns with 10 interceptions en route to becoming a second-team All-Big 12 choice. The season ended with another loss that was decided in the final minute, as the Tigers saw a 14-point fourth-quarter lead over Oregon State disappear in the Sun Bowl. The Beavers scored a touchdown with 22 seconds left and opted for a two-point conversion and the win rather than a point-after kick attempt and a potential shot at overtime. The gamble paid off, leading to a 39-38 Oregon State win.

Trending: Pinkel finished his sixth season in 2006 but it was the first time since he took over that the Tigers put together consecutive winning seasons under Pinkel, going 7-5 in 2005 and 8-5 in 2006. With Daniel only a sophomore and his two top pass-catchers from that season -- Chase Coffman and Martin Rucker -- scheduled to return in 2007, there was reason for optimism. This was a program trending up, the question was just how much.

What’s happened since: The 2007 season kicked off quite the run for the Tigers, who registered back-to-back double-digit win seasons and Big 12 North Division titles. They went 12-2 in 2007 and reached No. 1 in the rankings before losing to Oklahoma in the Big 12 championship, killing the Tigers’ national championship hopes. Mizzou got back to the Big 12 championship game in 2008, only to be crushed by Oklahoma again. The Tigers won 10 games again in 2010, giving them three double-digit win seasons in a stretch of four years. They also didn’t win fewer than eight games for the remainder of their existence in the Big 12, going 48-19 in their final five seasons in the conference. Missouri joined the SEC in 2012 and its four seasons in the league have either gone really well or really roughly. They went 5-7 in 2012 and 2015 but also won two SEC East Division titles, going 12-2 in 2013 and 11-3 in 2014, showing that this program had ability to win in the nation’s toughest league. Pinkel retired after the 2015 season and a new era begins this year under Barry Odom, a Mizzou grad and former player who was the team’s defensive coordinator last year.