Scions of the Southland - A Georgia Tech Sports Podcast

Game on Paper's Jack Purdy and Akshay Easwaran dive into an abridged history of college football analytics, how it spawned Game on Paper, and go into the latest updates to gameonpaper.com for the 2026 college football season.

Hosts: Akshay Easwaran, Jack Purdy

Production: Jack Purdy

Music: Georgia Tech Marching Band, Georgia Tech Glee Club

Yes, that’s right! Georgia Tech Athletic Director Ryan Alpert joins Jack and Akshay to talk about lessons from his first year at The Flats, revenue generation, the 100 points of improvements coming to Bobby Dodd Stadium, and the future of women’s sports at Georgia Tech.

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Hosts: Akshay Easwaran, Jack Purdy

Production: Jack Purdy

Music: Georgia Tech Marching Band, Georgia Tech Glee Club

Jack and Jake are joined by Kelly Quinlan of Jackets Online to walk through some of the biggest lessons the Tech fanbase has learned during Brent Key’s tenure, and how Brent himself has evolved Georgia Tech Football and how that may play itself out in the 2026 season and beyond. Plus, our thoughts on the new “5 for 5” rule extending base eligibility for all student athletes to five years.

Then, reflections on the 2026 Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame class and the new football uniforms.

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Hosts: Jake Grant, Jack Purdy

Guest: Kelly Quinlan

Music: Georgia Tech Marching Band, Georgia Tech Glee Club

Co-founder of From The Rumble Seat, John Bird, joins Jack and Akshay to talk about how he got to Georgia Tech, how he got hooked into the Tech sports scene, what it’s been like being a diehard Tech fan from out in North Carolina for 15+ years, and passing his love of Tech to his kids.

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Hosts: Akshay Easwaran, Jack Purdy

Guest: John Bird

Music: Georgia Tech Marching Band, Georgia Tech Glee Club

This week on Scions of the Southland:

• A look into the new shade of gold that Georgia Tech will adopt as part of the transition from Adidas to Under Armour as the Institute's official apparel and merchandise partner
• The upcoming approved updates to Bobby Dodd Stadium
• Roster updates with Tech Softball and Ryan Hybl's first recruits as Tech's golf coach
• RIP Rock Perdoni

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Hosts: Akshay Easwaran, Jake Grant, Jack Purdy

Music: Georgia Tech Marching Band, Georgia Tech Glee Club

Production: Jack Purdy

It’s summertime which means it’s financial report season at Scions of the Southland. We dive into the nitty grittys of where the Georgia Tech Athletic Association stands after a couple years of sustained financial growth viewed through our 2022 opus, Engineering a Program.

Plus, our reactions to the surprise news that Georgia Tech President Ángel Cabrera will be stepping down in November 2026 to head up the Aspen Institute.

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Hosts: Jake Grant, Akshay Easwaran, Jack Purdy

Production: Jack Purdy

Music: Georgia Tech Marching Band, Georgia Tech Glee Club

Now that we’ve recovered from the horrifying loss to Oklahoma in baseball, Jack, Jake, and Akshay are back to dig into the recruiting news for Tech baseball and football, the impact of Brendan Sorsby’s reinstatment to college football, and preview Billy Carlton’s path at the NCAA Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.

Then, we play a game to figure out who would start in a theoretical starting 11 if Tech were to field a soccer team.

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Hosts: Akshay Easwaran, Jake Grant, Jack Purdy

Music: Georgia Tech Marching Band, Georgia Tech Glee Club

Production: Jack Purdy

Jack quickly gets on the mic to process the emotions of Georgia Tech Baseball's loss in the Atlanta Regional to Oklahoma.

Jack and Akshay go through Tech’s championship in the ACC Baseball Tournament, going to the championship game in Charlotte, preview the Atlanta regional, and discuss how much of a home run hire Ryan Hybl is for the golf team.

Resources mentioned: Pear Ratings, Brentley Romine’s story on Hybl

Hosts: Akshay Easwaran, Jack Purdy

Production: Jack Purdy

Music: Georgia Tech Marching Band, Georgia Tech Glee Club

Tech baseball are ACC champs again! We go through the insanely good run of games up in Boston College and Tech’s ACC + NCAA Tournament outlook as of now. Then, our thoughts on what’s inside the new Fanning Center, Tech Softball’s results in the NCAA Tournament, and the latest on golf + track & field.

Hosts: Akshay Easwaran, Jack Purdy, Jake Grant

Production: Jack Purdy

Music: Georgia Tech Marching Band, Georgia Tech Glee Club