matt yarder, another young toledoan in the collegiate licensing business, has received a lot of press recently for his collegiate grill grates. these things are amazing. the great guys (read: jeremy) at toledo.com hit a homerun with the website they built: ymigrate.com. matt started last year with a local license making grates for ohio and michigan schools but received the go ahead to make them for several big new schools this year. i know most of the people reading here are ND fans - the ND grate will be available soon. if you can’t wait, you can always pick up a university at louisiana lafayette grate.

below is the email he just sent to me with some more info. these grill grates are sharp and perfect for every serious griller and tailgater (i’m looking at you edge).

ymigrate.com

We want to offer immense “THANKS” for all your support. Our Officially Licensed Grill Grates are becoming a well known product among the grilling and tailgating fans across the nation. Our first year was a huge success, but only just the beginning. This summer we have acquired many new licenses with some of the nations top universities AND we can now showcase them on our BRAND NEW WEBSITE - WWW.YMIGRATE.COM . Many of you have enthusiastically requested to see your team lasered into our stainless steel grill grates, and we are happy to announce many of those requests can now be fulfilled. We encourage you to check out the new schools, the new ways you can customize your own grill grate, and the availability of ordering directly online. Give us your feedback, vote to see your favorite team become licensed, explore your own creativity, and by all means, we welcome you to share this email with anybody who might enjoy it.. Again, we thank you for all your support…no matter what form it takes.

Joining the original YM Sports Grates family of Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State, Bowling Green, Miami University, and Toledo are the following - New Schools: LSU, Florida, Purdue, Wisconsin, Marshall, Georgia, Louisiana at Lafayette, and Boise State…and coming soon: Minnesota, University of Miami, Kentucky, Auburn, Southern Miss, Nebraska, Penn State, Notre Dame, Florida State, Tennessee, Texas, Alabama, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma…and many more!…and if this isn’t enough, Sports Illustrated picked up an article on us from a friend in San Diego (http://www.tailgatingideas.com/). This is a very exciting time for us and we are glad we can share it with you!

SI.com