CHARLOTTESVILLE -- In a rivalry that has been as lopsided in prospects' living rooms as it has been on the field, it was easy to see where Virginia might have had an inside track with Lexington-bred wide receiver Danny Coale.

If the Cavaliers had made him an offer, that is.

Coale, whose older brother played lacrosse for the Cavaliers, continued to show UVa the error of its ways Saturday in a 42-13 Virginia Tech victory at Scott Stadium.

Coale, who had a season-high five receptions in a 2008 meeting with the Cavaliers, finished with six catches for 135 yards Saturday.

Virginia cornerback Ras-I Dowling, the only Cavalier named to the preseason All-ACC team, had no answer for Coale.

Virginia coach Al Groh didn't act as if the Cavaliers didn't want Coale in the summer of 2006, when he was preparing for his senior year at Episcopal High School in Alexandria.

"We were familiar with Danny," Groh said. "It's an interesting story. I guess it's one of those things where events play into things. We were planning on Danny coming to our camp and working out for us one day and, the day Danny was supposed to be here, it rained.

"So, we couldn't go outside and do anything. At that time, camp was over. Before we could get him back here the next time, he had committed over there."

New look

Virginia quarterback Jameel Sewell carried 17 times for 104 yards, including seven carries for 91 yards in the first quarter.

It was the second 100-yard day by a UVa player this season and a career high for Sewell.

While the Cavaliers employed the Wildcat formation on several occasions, with slot receiver Vic Hall taking direct snaps from center, many of Sewell's runs came out of UVa's spread formation.

"It was fun to be able to pound the rock the way we were able to do with me, Vic and Rashawn," Sewell said. "They really didn't have an answer for it the first half.

n Mikell Simpson (five carries for 16 yards) was slowed by a pulled hamstring and said he was not 100 percent Saturday.

By the numbers

Rob Randolph converted both of his field-goal attempts and finished 17-for-19, the second-highest field-goal percentage (89.5) in school history. Connor Hughes was 23-of-25 in 2003. ... A crowd of 58,555 that may have included as many as 25,000 Tech fans ended a streak of three straight Scott Stadium crowds of fewer than 45,000. ... UVa has lost six straight ACC home games.

Odds 'n' ends

The jersey of former two-time All-ACC selection Jim Bakhtiar was retired before the game. Bakhtiar, known as the Persian Prince, led the ACC in rushing in 1957 and is UVa's "ACC Legend" being recognized at next week's ACC championship game.

Personnel

Tucker Windle, a true freshman from Charlotte, N.C., started and played the whole game as regular inside linebacker Darren Childs missed his final college game with an ankle injury.