Tebow passing on Spurrier’s AAF invite

The Alliance of American Football got off to a solid start over the weekend, but don’t expect a case of Tebowmania to break out.

Tim Tebow, who won the Heisman Trophy and won two national championships under Urban Meyer at Florida, prefers to focus on baseball. Spurrier, who also won the Heisman at Florida and formerly coached the Gators, is now the coach of the Orlando Apollos and he reiterated that, no matter how much he might want to partner with Tebow, it most likely will not happen.

“I don’t blame Tim,” Spurrier told Pro Football Talk Live. “Tim’s got a chance to go to Major League Baseball. I think Tim’s probably headed in the baseball direction. I don’t blame him. If I were in his situation, I’d probably do the same thing.”

Tebow had short-lived success in the NFL, sparking wholesome Tebowmania by kneeling in prayer and leading the Denver Broncos to a playoff victory in 2012. But he never really fit as an NFL quarterback after that and lacked the inclination and the quickness to switch to another position. .

“I actually got in touch with Tim before I took the job,” Spurrier told ESPN’s Paul Finebaum last June. “I sent him a text and I said, ‘By the way, I’m going to be the coach of an Orlando team in this new Alliance of American Football.’

“He basically just said, ‘Hey coach, I’m going to keep swinging the bat and see what happens,’ ” Spurrier told Finebaum.

Tebow is entering his third season in the New York Mets’ system and has been invited to join their major league camp.