MORGANTOWN — When Ayden Garnes arrived in Morgantown, he wasn’t too keen on the idea of running into Hudson Clement in the locker room. Aside from the usual animosity that exists between cornerbacks and wide receivers, Garnes didn’t really want to see the guy who put up 177 yards and three touchdowns on his team last season. “When I first got here I was like ‘I really don’t want to talk to that guy, he had an amazing game on us,’” Garnes said Monday.
Garnes transferred to WVU this offseason, coming up from the FCS level at Duquesne. Garnes and the Dukes were in Morgantown last fall to play the Mountaineers, a 56-17 loss on Sept. 9.
Clement made a surprise start, the first of his career, and played so well he earned a scholarship that night. “We came into the game and we were focused on Devin (Carter) because he had big catches at Penn State,” Garnes said. “He was out there for warm-ups but then he took his pads off and we were wondering who we were going to see.
“When Hudson came out we thought he just had to figure this guy out. By the time we figured it out, he already had two touchdowns.” Now that they’re on the same side, Garnes was able to let bygones be bygones and has warmed up to Clement this offseason.
“Throughout winter workouts we started to bond a little bit and now we have a good relationship,” he assured. Part of the reason Garnes is at WVU now is that game against the Mountaineers last year. Garnes saw first-hand how passionate t.