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"Yes, there is a 'gap' between Daniel's 69 weeks and the 70th week."

I challenge you to find a single passage of Scripture that refers to a gap between Daniel's 69th and 70th weeks. The fact is that there are none. What I find strange is that no premillennialist I have met has ever tried to argue in favor of a gap between the 7th and 8th weeks.

Let's take a look at a couple key portions of Daniel 9:

"There shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks" (v. 25).
This gives breaks up the first 69 weeks into two sections, yet no one is arguing for a gap after week 7. Why? If there were no gap between weeks 7 and 8, why not say "69 weeks" instead of "7 weeks and 62 weeks"? But to the premillennialist there is an obvious gap after week 69.
"And after the sixty-two weeks Messiah shall be cut off" (v. 26).
All rightly assume that this is talking about an event occuring after week 69. Now, I learned to count at a very early age and, unless things have changed since then, 70 comes after 69. So, if 69 weeks transpire with one week remaining, and something occurs after week 69, wouldn't it be safe to assume that the event described occurs during week 70, the week that comes immediatley after week 69?

Again, nowhere in Scripture will you find a reference to a gap after week 69. Messiah is cut off after week 69, which is another way of saying he is cut off during week 70.

For some interesting reading, check this out:
Daniel's 70 Weeks—Future or Fulfilled?

Now, I learned to count at a very early age and, unless things have changed since then, 70 comes after 69. So, if 69 weeks transpire with one week remaining, and something occurs after week 69, wouldn't it be safe to assume that the event described occurs during week 70, the week that comes immediatley after week 69?

Ok, here's just part of what happens in the 70th week:

Dan 9:27 He will confirm a covenant with many for one 'seven.' In the middle of the 'seven' he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on a wing of the temple he will set up an abomination that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.

Since the 69th is already shown to end with Christ's baptism 'about the age of 30' in 26 AD, and if as you argue, the 70th week immediately follows the 69th, and then please show the fulfillment of Dan 9:27 between 26AD and 33AD, the 70th seven. Please do cite the historically recorded events that occurred upon which you base your arguement.