Will the Nittany Lions keep the names on their classic jerseys under their new coach?Joe Paterno kept them off. Bill O'Brien put them on. What will James Franklin do when it comes to names on the backs of Penn State's jerseys this fall?

The topic has been one of extensive debate among Penn State fans since Franklin's hire in January. More than 300 posters responded to a Facebook survey on Tuesday, with 55 percent in favor of keeping the names on the jerseys, and 45 percent in favor of removing them.

It's doubtful we'll know one way or the other until Penn State's season opener against Central Florida; the Nittany Lions are likely to use practice jerseys for the Blue-White Game on April 12, as they did during both of O'Brien's seasons as coach.

In a one-on-one interview with the Nittany Lions' head coach on Thursday, 247Sports' Kipp Adams asked Franklin: "When your team runs out on the field on Aug. 30 in Ireland, names or no names on jersey?"

Here was his response:

“Yeah, I bet you want to know that. That is the question I get more than any other question. We will see how that whole thing plays out. We have been very respectful of the history and tradition here -- of the players and the coaches of the past -- and we always will. But I am going to continue to get the pulse on that, from our fans, from the former players and alumni, but I am also going to listen to the current players as well, and get their perception.

"Really, every decision that we make, we sit down and talk to our players about it, and I am going to be interested in hearing what they have to say.”