COLUMBUS, Ohio — A surge of four commitments in three days last week seemed like an example of Ohio State football being on the cutting edge of its remote recruiting techniques. Instead, Buckeyes coach Ryan Day said it was more attributable to the work the entire staff did months in advance. While he felt the staff maximized its time well in a short recruiting window after the end of the 2019 season, the ground work stretched back much further. He credited the work of recruiting coordinator Mark Pantoni and the rest of the staff over the past calendar year, so OSU “got ahead of this thing.” “We’re working so far ahead that those relationships are really, really strong,” Day said. “We’re doing a good job communicating right now. There’s a lot of excitement around the program and what we’re building on both sides of the ball. “We’ve been doing this…
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