EAST LANSING — Michigan State football didn’t just want to win their redemption game against Boston College after last year’s defeat.

The Spartans needed to win.

Quarterback Aidan Chiles remembers the sting of coming up short against the Eagles last season and felt it go away as his floater in the corner of the end zone found Omari Kelly for a game-winning two-point conversion in double overtime.

The Spartans move to 2-0 for the season under coach Jonathan Smith was a lot more than a notch in the win column, but also proof to the team that it’s growing.

“This group wants it more. I mean, I think we genuinely believe that‚" Chiles said after MSU’s 42-40 victory Saturday night . “We come in and we have player-led team meetings and we talk about like how much we want and what we need to

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