It is sad that the players who had nothing to do with this get their college football experience ruined because of the actions of someone else and a head coach who couldn't keep his house in order––and who also gets a promotion to HC of an NFL franchise in reward of his false success.
At least there's the transfer option. That was probably the most fair thing to come out of this, that at least the players who weren't responsible get to have a chance at finishing their careers on a high note, albeit somewhere else.