I Don't Like Mondays...

The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload.
And nobody's gonna go to school today,
She's going to make them stay at home.
And daddy doesn't understand it,
He always said she was as good as gold.
And he can see no reason
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown?

Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
I want to shoot
The whole day down.

The telex machine is kept so clean
As it types to a waiting world.
And mother feels so shocked,
Father's world is rocked,
And their thoughts turn to
Their own little girl.
Sweet 16 ain't so peachy keen,
No, it ain't so neat to admit defeat.
They can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown?

Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
I want to shoot
The whole day down.

All the playing's stopped in the playground now
She wants to play with her toys a while.
And school's out early and soon we'll be learning
And the lesson today is how to die.
And then the bullhorn crackles,
And the captain crackles,
With the problems and the how's and why's.
And he can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to die?

Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
Tell me why?
I don't like Mondays.
I want to shoot
The whole day down.

--The Boomtown Rats

Not to make light of a song that's based on the events of a school shooting in Canada, but...

As the song (and the event its based on where, when the girl who shot the school said she did it because she doesn't like Monday) goes, you don’t need a reason to not like Mondays, but here are a few reasons for some players in the Mired in Mediocrity fantasy league to not like Mondays:

• We start with Redeam Team who has to somehow overcome a whopping 76 point deficit on Monday night in order to start the season 2-0. Bolstered by a team that featured no players in double digit scoring and two players who put up 0 points, Redeam Team needs a miracle. Considering this team only has a TE, K, and Def/ST left to go, it doesn’t look hopeful. Instead it seems as though Sonsofbitches will get to 1-1, after benching Tony Romo in favor of Aaron Rodgers, and should be enjoying Monday quite a bit.
• Either Evil Empire Champions or Vero Beach Dirty Diapers will really hate Monday. Dirty Diapers find themselves with what seemingly is a comfortable 17 point lead. However, Champions still has 1^st round pick Brian Westbrook left to play on Monday night. Westbrook is entirely capable of getting 17 points, so Champions will likely be disappointed if it doesn’t come out with at least a tie after Monday night’s game. By the same token, Dirty Diapers must be staring at that -4 points contributed by TE Greg Olsen and praying that it won’t be the difference between a win and loss. Indeed, one of thee two won’t be happy with their Monday by the end of the night.
• Despite a heroic performance by the Giants’ defense, Team Small will spend its Monday much like Redeam Team, down by a bunch with really no hope for a come back. Team Dundies was bolstered by an outstanding performance from unheralded J.T. O’Sullivan. The last 3 QB’s to play in a Mike Martz system were Kurt Warner, Marc Bulger, and Jon Kitna. All three are still starting fantasy QB’s today. Looks like the Martz system has produced another standout in O’Sullivan. It also gives Dundies some extra leverage in any future trade talks, as the desperate need for a QB is no longer present.
• Droppin Deuces and Team Timbs will not be pleased upon reading this Monday morning. Their combined score wouldn’t even beat the winner of any other match up. And its not as though they have a bunch of players going on Monday night, either. Only the Eagles’ defense remains in play, and against that Cowboys offense, it is doubtful that the defense will produce many fantasy points. Sunday may have been the bad day, but Monday is the day they have to face it.
• In a battle of two teams that seem to have inactive owners, the Streetwalkers look like they will come out ahead despite starting Tom Brady at QB.
• Genesis of Iceman comes back to earth after a stellar week 1 performance and will likely fall to Triple T’s PainTrain. But the owner of PainTrain is fairly distraught as well on Monday as the Jaguars have fallen to 0-2 and are riddled with injuries in a year in which they were one of the favorites in the AFC.