Bison Illustrated March 2014 | Page 13

entire night at a charity Karaoke event. With impeccable vocals and dance moves to the song “Let’s Get Physical” by Olivia Newton John, he made a stamp on Boston and the New England Patriots. Unfortunately, that stamp came on a release form and he was on the next plane to Fargo. After two more years pursuing the NFL, Drago made the decision to hang up the cleats, broom stick and 80s head band, and focus on a new career. The question was then clear. What does this guy do now? Either go back to Chicago or stay in Fargo. The answer was even more clear – Fargo. If there is one thing that Drago learned at NDSU, it is that people have your back and the people are everything. So with this desire to protect Fargo, Drago wanted to create a business that would help everyone realize the feeling and compassion he received in the community of Fargo and Bison Nation. So a magazine was born. “FM Spotlight” was a source of information for Fargo to find leisure and entertainment. After the success of that publication came three more magazines, but in the most amazing full-circle type of events, the fourth magazine presented to Drago was “Bison Illustrated.” In the second year as publisher of Bison Illustrated, Drago then went on to start a NDSU Bison clothing company called One Herd. (Meaning we are all in this together.) He also started a charity that works with One Herd to help make that meaning real. The moral of the story is: Fargo, N.D., and NDSU’s support structure, fan base, tradition and honesty provide opportunities for anyone, tall, big, thin, punter, dancer, broke, scared or lost to find happiness and exhilaration. Please use these football victories and exposure opportunities to spread all the great things about this University and community. A special thanks to the Spotlight Media crew and NDSU Media Relations for helping put together this unbelievable issue. Go Bison #oneherd, Drago