In what will be music to the ears of the state?s prep football coaches, native son Ben Strickland will be a member of Gary Andersen?s staff at the University of Wisconsin. Strickland, who was elevated to full-time assistant in charge of the secondary prior to Bret Bielema?s final season on the sidelines, is a former Brookfield Central athlete who walked on with the Badgers and eventually became a team captain.