It's Monday, I have the day off and I'm sick. Perfect time to answer some viewer mail.

Question: I've heard that UConn has turned down a potential game at Texas and will be discontinuing it's series with Army. I disagree with both decisions. I've been to both Army games and had a ball both times. It's good for Army as well as many UConn fans make the trip. We should play our closest, non-backstabbing neighbor every year. And why not play Texas? We played Miami and VTech a few years back when they were at an equal level to where Texas is now. Why be fraidy-scared all of a sudden? Doesn't make any sense to me. What do you think?
-- Bill, Manchester, CT

CM: The contract for the Army series expires after the Oct. 14 game at the Runway. The series isn't exactly being discontinued. Army's schedule is booked solid through 2012. It's certainly possible another series of games will be scheduled sometime after that. Randy Edsall has said he likes having Army on the schedule and wants to keep it running. It's too much of a natural not to continue. Plus, Michie Stadium is one of the great places to watch a football game. As for Texas, Edsall recently told the WTIC radio crew that UConn was offered the chance to take on the Longhorns. He said one of the reasons it was turned down because it was a 2-for-1.

I'd love to see a little more flavor in the non-league schedule. But with West Virginia and Louisville in the top 10, I don't know if a Texas or, say, Michigan is right for the program at this point. Part of the process of building a program is making bowl games, even if they are insignificant ones that nobody watches aside from fans of the two teams involved. You need to schedule "winnable" games against the Navy's, Wake Forest's and Indiana's. Vanilla? Sure. But it's a time-consuming process. What I'd like to see is a series with a comparable Pac-10 or Big 12 opponent to spice it up. Maybe Arizona or Kansas State. Better yet, a WAC opponent. Road trip to UNLV or Hawaii? That would make me happy.


Q: I was at the game yesterday, had front row seats .First of all let me say P.U.
Is that what Uconn can do against a good team? What really gets me is these Uconn fans, some of them act like Uconn should be running all over Navy and one said Uconn should be a top 25 team soon. Chip, do these people watch games on TV or do they just live in their own world?
-- Tony, West Haven

CM: I guess you weren't sitting near any of my blog readers.

That's it for now. I need some orange juice and a cup of Thera-flu.