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SEPANG, Malaysia -- Lewis Hamilton believes a higher power is intervening in his pursuit to become a four-time world champion.The Mercedes driver suffered his third major engine failure of the season at the Malaysian Grand Prix, albeit the just first to result in DNF. If the positions had remained the same as they were before Hamiltons failure he was set to take five-point lead in the drivers standings, but instead left Sepang with a 23-point deficit to teammate Nico Rosberg.It feels right now that the man above, or a higher power is intervening a little bit, he said. But I feel like Ive been blessed with so many big opportunities, firstly being here with all these people around here, the opportunity in this great team winning the last two championships. Lots and lots of big trophies and records that Im breaking time and time again, so I have to be grateful for those. 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Deividas Sirvydis Pistons Jersey . -- Claudio Bieler hadnt scored since early September, and not from the run of play since mid-July.If North Carolina was hoping to get some indication of how much its run defense may have improved since the late-season collapse a year ago, the Tar Heels couldnt have asked for any better measure than what they figure to get when they take on Georgia Saturday in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff game in the Georgia Dome.Coach Kirby Smart has pronounced the 18th-ranked Bulldogs star running back, Nick Chubb, recovered from the knee injury that sidelined him at midseason last year and ready for the opener against the No. 22 Tar Heels (ESPN, 5:30 p.m. ET).We feel good about Nick, Smart said. He feels great is ready to go. He wont be on a pitch count by any means.Chubb has rushed for nearly 2,300 yards in just 14 career starts over the last two seasons and will be an immediate challenge for North Carolina. The Tar Heels defense gave up 319 yards on the ground in their loss to Clemson in the ACC title game and a whopping 645 to Baylor in their bowl loss.I definitely think thats something that teams are going to test us on, because of how we played in the Baylor game, and some of the games we had last year where running backs were able to get leaky yardage, junior linebacker Caysson Collins said, leaky yardage being defensive coordinator Gene Chiziks term for yards after contact.dddddddddddd We had that a lot last year, so thats something we want to cut back on.North Carolina will be starting a new quarterback when junior Mitch Trubisky takes over for Marquise Williams after serving as Williams backup the last two years, but Smart played it coy until Thursday.Senior Greyson Lambert, who started off-and-on last season, edged highly-touted freshman quarterback Jacob Eason. Media reports had indicated Eason was the favorite, but Smart stood firm through camp that there was no favorite.Lambert threw 12 interceptions with two interceptions last season, but struggled against quality competition. The Georgia faithful are eager to see Eason, who was one of the top pro-style quarterback recruits in the 2016 recruiting class.Smart said early in fall camp that two quarterbacks could play effectively.The former Nick Saban assistant also followed Sabans lead in selecting experience over hype in a high-profile opening game. ' ' '