So I am heading to my wife's family's house for Thanksgiving, and low and behold they are literally all bama fans, and one auburn fan. I want to prepare a list of items to help the Bama Fans cope with a football team that drastically playing below expectations. As MSU fans, we know what it is like to be in this position, and Bama fans haven't dealt with this type of football situation in a long time.

So I need help with a list of things as "Pointers" on how to deal with a failure of a football season.

Example:
When dealing with a football team that isn't playing up to expectations, fanbases typically first thing said..... well we are a basketball school now.