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West Virginia was in the Big East and Dana Holgorsen was a first-year head coach the last time the Mountaineers won 10 games in a season.Five years into its membership in the Big 12, No. 14 West Virginia has a chance to do it again.Not many outside the teams inner circle thought there was a chance that could happen.Not with a defense that returned only a few starters from a year ago. And certainly not as one running back after another went down with midseason injuries, only to have others step in and thrive.The Mountaineers (9-2, 6-2) have finally moved into the leagues upper tier. And while turnover-riddled losses to Oklahoma State and Oklahoma took it out of the title chase, West Virginia can reach win No. 10 in the regular-season finale Saturday at home against Baylor (6-5, 3-5).Holgorsen, for one, knows what 10 wins could mean for a program that isnt considered to be in the forefront of the national title picture every year and was picked to finish seventh in the league this season.Its big. We understand that, Holgorsen said. Great for the program. It doesnt happen very often. That gives us some motivation moving forward to play this game to the best of our ability.It helps that West Virginias success came during a down year in the Big 12 with recent powers Baylor and TCU now in the middle of the pack and Texas toward the bottom. But that doesnt discount the strides the Mountaineers have made in a season in which Holgorsens job security has been under scrutiny.Part of that winning formula has been not buying into what outsiders say about the program.With the two losses, after each loss not panicking and continuing to work and continue to get better throughout the season, (we) continue to want to prove people wrong, linebacker Justin Ardnt said.WVU has recorded 10 wins only eight times in program history. Three of those came under Rich Rodriguez from 2005-2007.Holgorsen did it in 2011 in West Virginias final season in the Big East behind his version of the Air Raid offense.But that wasnt a springboard for success when West Virginia moved up to the Big 12 the following year. Building depth is something Holgorsen learned quickly was needed in the new league. His defenses were forced to use freshmen in starting roles and were frequently picked apart.We took our lumps earlier in Big 12 play and we knew it was going to take some time to be able to get our depth the right way, to be able to build the roster the right way, he said. Weve been heading in that direction for the last three years.Saturdays game will mark the final home one for 21 seniors.Arndt remembers arriving at WVU as a walk-on and the teams struggles of his first few seasons, including a 4-8 mark as a redshirt freshman in 2013. Now hes a first-year starter and leads the team with 71 tackles.I didnt think wed make it this far at all -- definitely accomplished a lot and exceeded expectations, Arndt said. You look at what people thought we were going to be and the expectations, it really just puts in reality how far weve come.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25 Nick Foles Jersey . 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Multigame esports organization Team Liquid announced on Thursday that it has dropped its entire Heroes of the Storm division. The news comes two weeks after Team Liquid failed to qualify to the Heroes Global Championship (HGC) European Pro League Phase 1. Ivan Sportbilly Koturic, Daniel Shad González and Raoul GerdamHerd Saurbier have entered free agency. Christoph Cris Gowitzke, who was streaming under the Team Liquid brand, has joined HGC EU Phase 1 qualified team Diamond Skin.The HGC European Pro League is part of the new HGC program for 2017 as announced by Blizzard, the games developer. The year is structured around an online Pro League for each of four major regions with guaranteed financial support to participating players. There is also an Open Division to enable relegations, which opens the door for amateur squads and high-tier squads without organizations to join the league. Team Liquid entered all three of the online qualifiers in the European region from November 19 to December 1, but failed to make it past the round of 8, and was thus unable to secure one of six qualified spots in the maiin league.ddddddddddddThe organization vacates the Heroes of the Storm scene following on the footsteps of other major esports organizations, including Cloud9, Natus Vincere and G2 Esports. G2 Esports disbanded its HotS division this past January, and fellow European team NaVi followed in April citing performance reasons. In North America, Cloud9 dissolved its roster in June despite winning an HGC NA Regional Championship a few months prior. Panda Global and Tempo Storm also lost their rosters in the past six months, but they still have interest in the scene.There are still top brands and newcomers in HotS esports, however. Fnatic and Team Dignitas have established themselves as mainstays over the year, while Misfits acquired mYInsanitys roster this past August. 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