In 2006, expansion ebbed a bit with the introduction of only two "additional" teams. The Utah Heat were added to the RMFL, effectively replacing the folded Utah Blitz and the Magic Valley Bulldawgs were voted in as a "new" team after new management took over the troubled franchise that had forfeited its first round play-off game in 2005. In Montana, the Bitterroot Blaze were formed out of Hamilton, Montana, a team that would make some real noise in 2006 and, perhaps the biggest story, some of the champion Rhino-Raiders formed a new team in Logan, Utah; the Cache Valley Bears. The Bears would be a top team in 2006, however, the discussion revolved early around just what would the formation of the Bears take from the defending champions. The now named, Ogden Rhino-Raiders, however, would not