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 complete the series now with Vanderbilt:
2006 record: 4-8
2006 coach: Bobby Johnson
Notable: Vanderbilt was frequently a scrappy underdog during Johnson’s first several seasons -- particularly during a 2005 campaign when senior quarterback Jay Cutler was the SEC’s Offensive Player of the Year for a 5-6 club -- but wins were always tough to come by.