Peach State Cats a new home arena at the Classic Center in Athens, Georgia, for the 2019 season. Peach State Cats The Peach State Cats are a professional indoor football team based in Athens, Georgia. They are current members of the American Arena League. They originally announced to play home games at Dalton Convention Center in Dalton, Georgia, for the 2018 season but were eventually made a travel-only team. They moved to Athens the following season. Their owner is Tim Freeman and they are coached by Mareno Philyaw. The Cats were founded in 2017, originally announced as members of the regional semi-professional Elite
1983 Peach Bowl 1983 Peach Bowl The 1983 Peach Bowl featured the North Carolina Tar Heels of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the then-independent Florida State Seminoles Making his first collegiate start ever, quarterback Eric Thomas connected on a pair of first-quarter touchdown passes to Weegie Thompson as Florida State defeated North Carolina 28-3, in the 16th annual Peach Bowl Classic. Thomas, who played sparingly throughout the year after missing of 1982 with a shoulder injury, led FSU to a 14-0 lead on its first two possessions. Taking over on the FSU 38, Thomas directed a nine-play 62-yard march that ended on a