Yeah, kind of feels that way.... it's like they've hit the ceiling.
A furious fourth quarter rally doesn't overcome the fact that they were completely obliterated, especially on the offensive side of the ball, for three quarters. Once again, they don't look prepared to play at the beginning of an important game, don't appear to be able to be composed and don't seem to be able to stop from making unforced errors.
They play just poorly enough for you to completely write them off, then they play just good enough so that you can't possibly.
Pelini is the same. Too good to fire; not good enough to persist with. What do you do?