Tunch Ilkin
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Search complete. 5 mentions across 3 episodes found for "Tunch Ilkin".
Oct 9, 2026
Tom McManusHOST
Yep.
Leon SearcyGUEST
And then I meet a guy in Pittsburgh named Tunch Ilkin-
Tom McManusHOST
Oh, wow
Leon SearcyGUEST
... of Iron City fame.
Greg ConleyHOST
One of my favorites.
Tom McManusHOST
Yeah.
Leon SearcyGUEST
So Tunch Ilkin was my mentor when I was with Pittsburgh.
Leon SearcyGUEST
He told me after I signed-
Matt WilliamsonHOST
No.
Wes UhlerHOST
As Craig Wolfley and Tunch Ilkin would've told you.
Matt WilliamsonHOST
Yeah.
Wes UhlerHOST
The Steelers, uh, currently have a five-game win streak against the Colts in Pittsburgh, which obviously included last year's 27 to 20 victory.
Ed TroupHOST
Uh, Craig Wolfley was part of that broadcast.
Ed TroupHOST
But Tunch Ilkin specifically said, "Order the tickets for Denver.
Ed TroupHOST
We're good to go." And then when that Bus fumble happened, he said, "No, no, call your ticket agent back and cancel the tickets.
Ed TroupHOST
We're not going to De- we might, we might not be going to Denver." And then at the end of the game said, "Go ahead and order those tickets." They were off to Denver.
Brian BatkoHOST
And yes, you're right, I was, I guess, five or six years old for that one.
Brian BatkoHOST
But that 2006 one, it, it was just such a heavy game.
Brian BatkoHOST
And I, like, when you think back to listening to it on the radio, I'm, I'm glad that, uh, the late, great Tunch Ilkin could have such a sense of humor as it was unfolding because it was just a momentous, uh, time for the Steelers because they'd come so close in previous years.
Brian BatkoHOST
You know, we talked about, uh, the AFC Championship heartbreaks against the Patriots, uh, you know, earlier in that decade.