Damn, I leave town for a couple of days and come back to people elevating Minnesota into something it isn't. We should be comparing Minnesota to Iowa State and Kansas instead people are claiming it's a better job than UCLA and Nebraska?
Minnesota has never won the Big 10 West, the worst division in football. Minnesota hasn't won the Big 10 since 1967.
Minnesota has had a recruiting class finish ahead of Nebraska exactly twice, 2003 and 2008. I believe those were both coaching change seasons for Nebraska.
Only Northwestern*, Maryland, Rutgers, and Purdue have smaller football budgets in the Big 10.
Yes, Minnesota has a newer stadium but no one goes to games there. They've averaged 44,000 fans a game the last 5 non covid years.
The Minnesota job would have been great for Klieman when he was at NDSU, now that he has a P4 job and has it humming, he has nothing to gain by going to Minnesota. By the time Klieman retires he'll have more conference championships than Minnesota has had since 1941.