pretend like you have been there before. wait until regular season is over and say causally oh that one of yours did not win, good battle. here is my venmo. afters thats all done, lets find a playoff wager or two to go head to head on...
Why should he? BB's friend didn't make the bet.
I would just wait until after the season. Maybe arrange a day out to watch the bowl games and your friend can try to get his friend to appear.