How good is Penn State? If you look at their 5-0 record, which includes a 44-14 victory over Minnesota last Saturday, you would have to concede that coach Joe Paterno's Nittany Lions are better than they have been in the last five years. Not since 1999, when it won its first nine games en route to a 10-3 season, has Penn State started so quickly. Add four losing seasons in the past five years, growing concern about Paterno's ability to stay in the fast lane of coaching in his 56th season on campus, and you have a situation that begged for something positive. Now, the Lions have it. But for how...
