For the second time in the past two months, Auburn finds itself with a full-on quarterback battle on its hands.

Junior Barrett Trotter won the job from sophomore Clint Moseley on Aug. 18 and held it outright until just about 5 minutes before Auburn took the field for the second half against Florida on Saturday.

Then No. 15 led the Tigers’ offense for the majority of the second half – with some Kiehl Frazier plays sprinkled in – completing 4-of-7 passes for 90 yards.

Trotter started off the season solidly, but completed only 20-of-50 passes for 226 yards and two touchdowns against three interceptions in his past five halves behind center.

Head coach Gene Chizik said nothing had been decided by he and offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn on the quarterback situation as of Sunday.

But he’d have a pretty good idea what was going on by the start of Tuesday’s practice.

“We’re going to evaluate it some more,” Chizik said. “Gus and I will talk through it. Obviously by the next time we practice, we’ll know what we’re going to do.

“We’re still going to talk through it and evaluate it some more.”

Chizik said Moseley acquitted himself well in the first extended action of his Auburn career, though – in typical Chizik fashion – he also said the sophomore had some things to iron out.

The head coach said Trotter, who completed 2-of-8 passes for 33 yards and a touchdown in the first half before ceding to Moseley, handled his mid-game demotion well.

“He handled it as a class act, just the way we thought he would,” Chizik said. “Very classy. Was very happy that we won, no matter how we won. That’s what I expected from him.”

Trotter said he didn’t know where the quarterback situation stood as of Sunday night.

And it took some getting used to being the sideline card-holder in the second half Saturday.

“I mean, it was definitely different. It was weird,” Trotter said. “But I’m glad we won the game.”

Whichever quarterback Auburn goes with couldn’t ask for a much tougher test than the Tigers’ Saturday opponent, LSU.

The Bayou Bengals, the top-ranked team in the first BCS poll, rank seventh nationally in scoring defense (11.7 points per game), sixth in rush defense (75.1 yards per game), 15th in pass defense (176.7 yards per game) and fourth in total defense (251.9 yards per game).

“I mean, how much more dramatic could it possibly be?” Moseley said. “No. 1 team in the country, road game, huge underdogs. It doesn’t get any better. It’s an opportunity I’ve dreamed of forever.”

Moseley completed both of the passes he’d attempted on the year for 30 yards before taking the field in the second half Saturday.

He missed on two of his first three passes against Florida before lofting a ball down the sideline to a diving Quindarius Carr for a 42-yard gain, busting the Tigers out of jail in a big way from their own 9-yard line.

“Here we are in the middle of the third quarter, backed all the way up, made a beautiful, beautiful throw to Q-Carr and really probably put it the only place you could put it where it was catchable,” Chizik said. “He stood back, he was confident. It was a very nice ball.”

Still, Moseley’s not looking to pump himself up too much.

He learned the value of not getting too low while waiting his turn, and he doesn’t want to get too high now that it’s come.

“I only completed four passes,” Moseley said. “They were big plays in the game, but at the same time it was four passes.”