The eighth halftime drill of the 2017 season, marched with 363 members on the campus of Texas A&M University, begins with the band's premier performance of Dr. Tim Rhea's arrangement of The Battlin' Brigade which he wrote in honor of Mr Stuart Bird, former band director and principal at Carthage High School. The band finishes their drill with Bravura March and The Noble Men of Kyle. Auburn won the football game 42-27.