I'm in agreement with K on a big part of this proposal being Jacobs trying to get himself a bronzed statue on I-85 at the Auburn College Street exit. And as some have said, I hate that festering boil of a scoreboard that looks like an alien spaceship landed on the end of JHS. $14 million gets us nothing more than a chance for more people to see themselves on the megatron and a super hip-hop boom box for the players to dance to. Woompa-Boom-Boom.
On the other hand, gotta' admit this proposed change looks pretty damn awesome. I'm as all about tradition as anyone when it comes to AU football. (Read "old") Been going to JHS long before an upper deck was even part of the thought process and we had wooden bleachers in the corner of the end zones for the black folk. There have been a ton of changes to that stadium, outside and in. When you look around the SEC and other places, this is all part of the evolution of college football. What did Texas A&M's stadium look like even 2 years ago? Now?
Whether Jacobs is behind it or not, that particular renovation would look totally badass IMO.